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killjoy
Synonyms:
Cassandra
,
Eeyore
,
calamity howler
,
crepehanger
,
cynic
,
damp
,
dampener
,
damper
,
defeatist
,
gloomy Gus
,
grouch
,
grump
,
malcontent
,
malist
,
negativist
,
nihilist
,
pessimist
,
prophet of doom
,
retreatist
,
seek-sorrow
,
sourpuss
,
spoilsport
,
wet blanket
,
worrywart
Related Words:
sourpuss
collapse
someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression
related words >
bellyacher
,
brooder
,
complainer
,
crab
,
crank
,
crosspatch
,
depressive
,
gloomy Gus
,
griper
,
grouch
,
grouser
,
kicker
,
killjoy
,
malcontent
,
melancholiac
,
melancholic
,
mope
,
sorehead
,
spoilsport
,
wet blanket
pessimist
collapse
a person who expects the worst
related words >
Cassandra
,
Eeyore
,
calamity howler
,
crepehanger
,
cynic
,
damp
,
damper
,
defeatist
,
fussbudget
,
killjoy
,
malist
,
misanthrope
,
negativist
,
nihilist
,
prophet of doom
,
retreatist
,
seek-sorrow
,
spoilsport
,
wet blanket
,
worrywart
defeatist
collapse
someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
related words >
Cassandra
,
Cassandra-like
,
Cassandran
,
Cassandrian
,
Eeyore
,
calamity howler
,
cynic
,
cynical
,
dismal
,
downbeat
,
gloomy
,
killjoy
,
malist
,
negative
,
negativist
,
negativistic
,
nihilist
,
nihilistic
,
pessimist
,
pessimistic
,
prophet of doom
,
retreatist
,
seek-sorrow
,
uncheerful
,
worrywart
dog in the manger
collapse
someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
related words >
careerist
,
egotist
,
fortune hunter
,
grouch
,
hog
,
individualist
,
killjoy
,
lone wolf
,
loner
,
malcontent
,
monopolist
,
narcissist
,
road hog
,
self-advancer
,
self-pleaser
,
self-seeker
,
self-server
,
sourpuss
,
spoilsport
,
temporizer
,
timepleaser
,
timeserver
,
tufthunter
,
wet blanket
negativist
collapse
someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked
related words >
Cassandra
,
Eeyore
,
bitter-ender
,
brawler
,
calamity howler
,
cynic
,
defeatist
,
defendant
,
diehard
,
disputant
,
dissentient
,
dissident
,
filibuster
,
filibusterer
,
frustrater
,
hinderer
,
impeder
,
intransigent
,
irreconcilable
,
killjoy
,
last-ditcher
,
litigant
,
malist
,
marplot
,
naysayer
,
nihilist
,
noncooperator
,
objector
,
obstructer
,
obstructionist
,
obstructive
,
opposer
,
oppositionist
,
pessimist
,
plaintiff
,
prophet of doom
,
protester
,
quarreler
,
resister
,
retreatist
,
scrapper
,
seek-sorrow
,
thwarter
,
worrywart
,
wrangler
cynic
collapse
someone who is critical of the motives of others
a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control
related words >
Cassandra
,
Eeyore
,
Thersites
,
backbiter
,
belittler
,
calamity howler
,
calumniator
,
caustic critic
,
debunker
,
decrier
,
defamer
,
defeatist
,
deflater
,
depreciator
,
derogator
,
detractor
,
disparager
,
hatchet man
,
killjoy
,
knocker
,
libeler
,
malist
,
man-hater
,
misanthrope
,
misanthropist
,
misogynist
,
muckraker
,
mudslinger
,
negativist
,
nihilist
,
pessimist
,
prophet of doom
,
railer
,
retreatist
,
seek-sorrow
,
sexist
,
slanderer
,
social critic
,
traducer
,
woman-hater
,
worrywart
prophet of doom
collapse
related words >
Cassandra
,
Druid
,
Eeyore
,
Jeremiah
,
admonisher
,
astrologer
,
augur
,
calamity howler
,
cautioner
,
crystal gazer
,
cynic
,
defeatist
,
divinator
,
diviner
,
divineress
,
flagman
,
forecaster
,
foreknower
,
foreseer
,
foreshower
,
foreteller
,
fortuneteller
,
geomancer
,
haruspex
,
killjoy
,
lighthouse keeper
,
lookout
,
lookout man
,
malist
,
monitor
,
negativist
,
nihilist
,
palmist
,
pessimist
,
predictor
,
prefigurer
,
presager
,
prognosticator
,
prophesier
,
prophet
,
prophetess
,
psychic
,
pythoness
,
religious prophets
,
retreatist
,
seek-sorrow
,
seer
,
seeress
,
sentinel
,
sentry
,
signaler
,
signalman
,
soothsayer
,
vates
,
warner
,
weather prophet
,
worrywart
Cassandra
collapse
(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
related words >
Druid
,
Eeyore
,
Jeremiah
,
admonisher
,
astrologer
,
augur
,
calamity howler
,
cautioner
,
crepehanger
,
crystal gazer
,
cynic
,
defeatist
,
divinator
,
diviner
,
divineress
,
flagman
,
forecaster
,
foreknower
,
foreseer
,
foreshower
,
foreteller
,
fortuneteller
,
geomancer
,
haruspex
,
killjoy
,
lighthouse keeper
,
lookout
,
lookout man
,
malist
,
monitor
,
negativist
,
nihilist
,
palmist
,
pessimist
,
predictor
,
prefigurer
,
presager
,
prognosticator
,
prophesier
,
prophet
,
prophet of doom
,
prophetess
,
psychic
,
pythoness
,
religious prophets
,
retreatist
,
seek-sorrow
,
seer
,
seeress
,
sentinel
,
sentry
,
signaler
,
signalman
,
soothsayer
,
vates
,
warner
,
weather prophet
,
worrywart
grouch
collapse
a bad-tempered person
show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load"
related words >
Tartar
,
air a grievance
,
bear
,
beef
,
bellyache
,
bellyacher
,
bitch
,
clamor
,
complain
,
complainant
,
complainer
,
crab
,
crank
,
croak
,
croaker
,
crosspatch
,
dragon
,
faultfinder
,
feist
,
fire-eater
,
fret
,
fret and fume
,
frondeur
,
fury
,
fuss
,
gripe
,
griper
,
grizzly bear
,
groan
,
grouse
,
grouser
,
growl
,
growler
,
grumble
,
grumbler
,
grump
,
grunt
,
holler
,
hothead
,
hotspur
,
howl
,
kick
,
kicker
,
killjoy
,
kvetch
,
lodge a complaint
,
malcontent
,
mope
,
murmur
,
murmurer
,
mutter
,
mutterer
,
querulous person
,
raise a howl
,
reactionary
,
reactionist
,
rebel
,
register a complaint
,
scold
,
sorehead
,
sourpuss
,
spoilsport
,
squawk
,
sulk
,
take on
,
ugly customer
,
wet blanket
,
whiner
,
yap
,
yelp
drip
collapse
(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him"
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"
related words >
balderdash
,
baloney
,
boob
,
bore
,
bull
,
bunk
,
bushwa
,
buttonholer
,
chump
,
clod
,
condensation
,
condense
,
crashing bore
,
damper
,
distill
,
distillation
,
dolt
,
dope
,
drag
,
dribble
,
dripping
,
drippings
,
dripple
,
drivel
,
drizzle
,
drop
,
dryasdust
,
dullard
,
dusty
,
exude
,
filter
,
flat tire
,
frightful bore
,
goon
,
gurgle
,
gush
,
headache
,
humdrum
,
killjoy
,
leach
,
leaching
,
leak
,
leak out
,
leakage
,
leaking
,
lixiviate
,
lixiviation
,
milksop
,
moron
,
nuisance
,
ooze
,
percolate
,
percolation
,
pest
,
pill
,
pour
,
proser
,
seep
,
seepage
,
seeping
,
simpleton
,
sluice
,
spatter
,
sprinkle
,
spurtle
,
stream
,
sweat
,
sweating
,
trickle
,
tricklet
,
trill
,
twaddle
,
twaddler
,
weed
,
weep
,
wet
,
wet blanket
wet blanket
collapse
related words >
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
nihilist
collapse
someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief
related words >
Bolshevik
,
Cassandra
,
Eeyore
,
Jacobin
,
Wobbly
,
anarch
,
anarchist
,
anarcho-syndicalist
,
animal
,
annihilator
,
anthropophagite
,
antinomian
,
arsonist
,
barbarian
,
beast
,
biblioclast
,
bomber
,
brute
,
burner
,
calamity howler
,
cannibal
,
cynic
,
defeatist
,
demolisher
,
destroyer
,
dynamitard
,
dynamiter
,
exterminator
,
extreme left-winger
,
extremist
,
hun
,
hyena
,
iconoclast
,
idol breaker
,
idoloclast
,
killjoy
,
left-wing extremist
,
lunatic fringe
,
malist
,
man-eater
,
mild radical
,
mutineer
,
negativist
,
parlor Bolshevik
,
parlor pink
,
pessimist
,
pink
,
pinko
,
prophet of doom
,
radical
,
rebel
,
red
,
retreatist
,
revolutionary
,
revolutionist
,
ruiner
,
sans-culotte
,
savage
,
seek-sorrow
,
shark
,
subversive
,
syndicalist
,
terrorist
,
tiger
,
ultra
,
ultraist
,
vandal
,
wild man
,
worrywart
,
wrecker
,
yippie
malcontent
collapse
a person who is discontented or disgusted
related words >
agitator
,
alienated
,
anarch
,
anarchist
,
beefing
,
bellyacher
,
bellyaching
,
bitching
,
brawler
,
complainant
,
complainer
,
complaining
,
complaintful
,
contumacious
,
crab
,
crabbing
,
crabby
,
crank
,
cranky
,
croaker
,
croaking
,
disaffected
,
disappointed
,
discontent
,
discontented
,
disgruntled
,
disobedient
,
displeased
,
dissatisfied
,
envious
,
estranged
,
extremist
,
factious
,
faultfinder
,
faultfinding
,
frondeur
,
griever
,
griper
,
griping
,
grouch
,
grouchy
,
grouser
,
grousing
,
growler
,
growling
,
grumbler
,
grumbling
,
insubordinate
,
insurgent
,
insurrectionary
,
insurrectionist
,
insurrecto
,
kicker
,
killjoy
,
kvetch
,
lamenter
,
malcontented
,
maverick
,
mourner
,
murmurer
,
murmuring
,
mutineer
,
mutterer
,
muttering
,
nonconformist
,
out of humor
,
peevish
,
petulant
,
querulant
,
querulous
,
querulous person
,
reactionary
,
reactionist
,
rebel
,
rebellious
,
resentful
,
restive
,
restless
,
revolter
,
revolutionary
,
revolutionist
,
rioter
,
seditious
,
sorehead
,
sourpuss
,
spoilsport
,
subversive
,
sulky
,
traitor
,
unaccepting
,
unaccommodating
,
uneasy
,
unfulfilled
,
ungovernable
,
ungratified
,
unhappy
,
unruly
,
unsatisfied
,
wet blanket
,
whiner
,
whiny
damper
collapse
a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
related words >
acoustic tile
,
andiron
,
antiknock
,
arrest
,
baffler
,
bearing rein
,
bit
,
brake
,
chain
,
check
,
checkrein
,
chill
,
chock
,
clog
,
coal tongs
,
cold water
,
countercheck
,
crane
,
crepehanger
,
crook
,
curb
,
curb bit
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampener
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
discouragement
,
doorstop
,
drag
,
drag sail
,
drift anchor
,
drift sail
,
drogue
,
fetter
,
fire hook
,
fire tongs
,
firedog
,
gag
,
grate
,
grating
,
grid
,
griddle
,
gridiron
,
grill
,
griller
,
holdback
,
hushcloth
,
killjoy
,
lifter
,
martingale
,
muffle
,
muffler
,
mute
,
muzzle
,
pelham
,
pessimist
,
poker
,
pothook
,
quietener
,
remora
,
salamander
,
scotch
,
sea anchor
,
shackle
,
silence cloth
,
silencer
,
snaffle
,
soft pedal
,
sordine
,
sordino
,
sound-absorbing material
,
soundproofing
,
soundproofing insulation
,
sourdine
,
spit
,
spoilsport
,
spoke
,
stay
,
stop
,
tongs
,
trammel
,
tripod
,
trivet
,
turnspit
,
wet blanket
misery
collapse
a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
related words >
Cassandra
,
Schmerz
,
ache
,
aches and pains
,
aching heart
,
adversity
,
affliction
,
agony
,
agony of mind
,
angst
,
anguish
,
anxiety
,
bale
,
bitterness
,
bleeding heart
,
broken heart
,
burden
,
calamity
,
care
,
carking care
,
catastrophe
,
cheerlessness
,
crushing
,
curse
,
cynic
,
dampener
,
damper
,
dejection
,
depression
,
depth of misery
,
desolation
,
despair
,
desperation
,
despondency
,
destitution
,
disaster
,
discomfort
,
discontent
,
displeasure
,
distress
,
dolor
,
extremity
,
gloom
,
gloomy Gus
,
grief
,
grimness
,
grouch
,
grump
,
hardship
,
heartache
,
heartfelt grief
,
heartgrief
,
heavy heart
,
humorlessness
,
hurt
,
hurting
,
indigence
,
infelicity
,
infestivity
,
joylessness
,
killjoy
,
lamentation
,
languishment
,
malaise
,
malcontent
,
melancholia
,
melancholy
,
mirthlessness
,
misfortune
,
ordeal
,
pain
,
pang
,
passion
,
penury
,
pessimist
,
pining
,
poverty
,
privation
,
prophet of doom
,
prostration
,
sadness
,
sordidness
,
sorrow
,
sorrowing
,
sourpuss
,
spoilsport
,
squalor
,
stitch
,
suffering
,
suicidal despair
,
throe
,
trial
,
tribulation
,
trouble
,
twinge
,
uncheerfulness
,
unhappiness
,
unjoyfulness
,
unmirthfulness
,
wet blanket
,
woe
,
wretchedness
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