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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn: spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 1844 one that quenches or dampens enthusiasm or pleasure
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Wet Wet (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.] [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel. v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See Water.] 1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. ``Wet cheeks.'' --Shak. 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet October's torrent flood.'' --Milton. 3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed. 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc. Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(wet blankets) If you say that someone is a wet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people enjoying themselves. (INFORMAL) = spoilsport N-COUNT [disapproval]
Moby Thesaurus
Foamite, acid, automatic sprinkler, bore, buttonholer, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, chill, cold water, crashing bore, crepehanger, damp, damper, deck gun, deluge set, determent, deterrent, discouragement, drag, drip, dryasdust, dusty, extinguisher, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant, fireplug, flat tire, foam, foam extinguisher, frightful bore, grouch, headache, hook-and-ladder, humdrum, killjoy, ladder pipe, malcontent, nuisance, pessimist, pest, pill, proser, pumper, snorkel, soda, sourpuss, spoilsport, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkler system, super-pumper, twaddler, water, water cannon
