wet blanket

1. 1.

   someone who spoils the pleasure of others

   Synonymsspoilsportkilljoyparty pooper

   Broaderunwelcome person

   Narrowerworrier

   colloquialism

Questions about wet blanket

What does wet blanket mean?

wet blanket means "someone who spoils the pleasure of others".

What is another word for wet blanket?

Close synonyms include spoilsport, killjoy, party pooper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wet blanket a common word?

wet blanket is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.