killjoy
noun
a person who spoils the joy or pleasure of others; spoilsport.
kill-joy
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a variation of
killjoy.
Example Sentences
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Scrooge is the anti-festive man brought into the circle of festivity, the kill-joy transformed into the joyful player.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2015
"I don't want to sound like a kill-joy ... but I do think we should face the facts squarely."
From Time Magazine Archive
Because their headquarters are thousands of miles away, the designers stationed in California exist in splendid -- and creatively productive -- isolation, relatively free from the kill-joy scrutiny of bean counters, marketing drones and engineers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Henry Esmond is a high-minded and almost heroic gentleman, but he is glum, a regular kill-joy, and, as his author admitted, something of a prig.
From Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Frederic Harrison
He will be a sad kill-joy, my dear.
From The Path to Honour by Sydney C. Grier
