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killjoy

noun

kill·​joy ˈkil-ˌjȯi How to pronounce killjoy (audio)
: one who spoils the pleasure of others

Example Sentences

I don't want to sound like a killjoy, but shouldn't we study tonight? his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun
Recent Examples on the Web Now for the killjoy: Pregnancy can cause your skin to go a little haywire. ELLE, 24 June 2022 Earles will play as Dewey Wood, the stone-faced, killjoy of a Camp Director of Camp Shallow Lake. Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Jan. 2022 So sorry to be a killjoy, Hoosiers’ fans, but Michigan wins this one big. USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020 The bigger threat is the army of Halloween killjoys, sprinkled throughout neighborhoods, their houses often decorated for the holiday, the better to lure unsuspecting children to their doorsteps. BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019 But as emissions rise, the killjoys are resorting to shame and repulsion as weapons against environmental evils. The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019 Sadly, the plan to use the full Formula 1 layout has been squashed by the killjoys at the FIA, for reasons that completely elude me. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2018 Cinemas have opened; music is performed in public; the killjoy morality police are off the streets. The Economist, 23 June 2018 Feminists don’t want to pose as killjoys bent on confiscating mani-pedis. Amanda Hess, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of killjoy was in 1776

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