kill-joy
- 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
My dear fellow, you must not let me be a kill-joy, you must really open the bottle for yourself; why should you deny yourself for me?
From John Forster by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
I have seen some dismal persons, any one of whom would be a kill-joy to a whole company.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
