wet-blanket
verbDefinitions
To disparage, belittle, or remove the satisfaction and joy from
To disparage, belittle, or remove the satisfaction and joy from; to act as a wet blanket towards.
- A few other topics of general interest were introduced by Mr. Brooke and wet-blanketed by Mrs. Brooke, and conversation languished.
- Possibly the world had not encouraged him so much as he hoped ; his tone is that of- a man whose enthusiasm had been wet-blanketed by adverse criticism.
- But if a single syllable had been breathed to Papa he would have wet-blanketed the whole adventure: he was much too strict.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA