Someone who spoils the pleasure of others.
synonyms: killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport.
Roget 841:
weariness,
defatigation†;
lassitude
etc.
(fatigue)
688;
drowsiness
etc.
683.
disgust,
nausea,
loathing,
sickness;
satiety
etc.
869;
taedium vitae
etc.
(dejection)
837;
boredom,
ennui.
wearisomeness,
tediousness
etc.
adj.;
dull work,
tedium,
monotony,
twice-told tale.
bore,
buttonholer,
proser†,
wet blanket;
pill [Slang],
stiff [Slang];
heavy hours,
the enemy"
(time).
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Roget 174:
moderation,
lenity
etc.
740;
temperateness,
gentleness
etc.
adj.;
sobriety;
quiet;
mental calmness
etc.
(inexcitability)
826†.
moderating
etc.
v.;
anaphrodisia†;
relaxation,
remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization†,
assuagement,
contemporation†,
pacification.
measure,
juste milieu [Fr.],
golden mean,
ariston metron [Gr.].
moderator;
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum;
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne,
milk,
opium,
poppy or mandragora;"
wet blanket;
palliative.
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Roget 388a:
insulation,
incombustible material,
noncombustible material;
fire retardant,
flame retardant;
fire wall,
fire door.
incombustibility,
incombustibleness
etc.
adj..
extincteur [Fr.];
fire annihilator;
amianth†,
amianthus†;
earth-flax,
mountain-flax;
asbestos;
fireman,
fire fighter,
fire eater,
fire department,
fire brigade,
engine company;
pumper,
fire truck,
hook and ladder,
aerial ladder,
bucket;
fire hose,
fire hydrant.
[forest fires]
backfire,
firebreak,
trench;
aerial water bombardment.
wet blanket;
fire extinguisher,
soda and acid extinguisher,
dry chemical extinguisher,
CO-two extinguisher,
carbon tetrachloride,
foam;
sprinklers,
automatic sprinkler system;
fire bucket,
sand bucket.
[warning of fire]
fire alarm,
evacuation alarm,
[laws to prevent fire]
fire code,
fire regulations,
fire;
fire inspector;
code violation,
citation.
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Roget 616:
dissuasion,
dehortation†,
expostulation,
remonstrance;
deprecation
etc.
766.
discouragement,
damper,
wet blanket;
disillusionment,
disenchantment.
cohibition
etc.
(restraint)
751†;
curb
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
check
etc.
(hindrance)
706.
reluctance
etc.
(unwillingness)
603;
contraindication.
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Roget 706:
prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage;
embolus,
embolism [Med.];
infarct [Med.];
interruption,
interception,
interclusion†;
hindrance,
impedition†;
retardment†,
retardation;
embarrassment,
oppilation†;
coarctation†,
stricture,
restriction;
restraint
etc.
751;
inhibition
etc.
761;
blockade
etc.
(closure)
261.
interference,
interposition;
obtrusion;
discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment,
let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag†;
check,
hitch,
contretemps,
screw loose,
grit in the oil.
bar,
stile,
barrier;
[barrier to vehicles]
turnstile,
turnpike;
gate,
portcullis.
beaver dam;
trocha†;
barricade
etc.
(defense)
717;
wall,
dead wall,
sea wall,
levee breakwater,
groyne†;
bulkhead,
block,
buffer;
stopper
etc.
263;
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock†.
drawback,
objection;
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone;
lion in the path,
snag;
snags and sawyers.
encumbrance,
incumbrance†;
clog,
skid,
shoe,
spoke;
drag,
drag chain,
drag weight;
stay,
stop;
preventive,
prophylactic;
load,
burden,
fardel†,
onus,
millstone round one's neck,
impedimenta;
dead weight;
lumber,
pack;
nightmare,
Ephialtes†,
incubus,
old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty
etc.
704;
insuperable
etc.
471;
obstacle;
estoppel [Law];
ill wind;
head wind
etc.
(opposition)
708;
trammel,
tether
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
hold back,
counterpoise.
[person who hinders]
damper,
wet blanket,
hinderer,
marplot,
killjoy;
party pooper [Coll.];
party crasher,
interloper.
trail of a red herring;
opponent
etc.
710.
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Roget 837:
dejection;
dejectedness
etc.
adj.;
depression,
prosternation†;
lowness of spirits,
depression of spirits;
weight on the spirits,
oppression on the spirits,
damp on the spirits;
low spirits,
bad spirits,
drooping spirits,
depressed spirits;
heart sinking;
heaviness of heart,
failure of heart.
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
infestivity†,
gloom;
weariness
etc.
841;
taedium vitae,
disgust of life;
mal du pays
etc.
(regret)
833;
anhedonia†.
melancholy;
sadness
etc.
adj.;
il penseroso [It],
melancholia,
dismals†,
blues,
lachrymals†,
mumps†,
dumps,
blue devils,
doldrums;
vapors,
megrims,
spleen,
horrors,
hypochondriasis [Med.],
pessimism;
la maladie sans maladie [Fr.];
despondency,
slough of Despond;
disconsolateness
etc.
adj.;
hope deferred,
blank despondency;
voiceless woe.
prostration of soul;
broken heart;
despair
etc.
859;
cave of despair,
cave of Trophonius demureness
etc.
adj.;
gravity,
solemnity;
long face,
grave face.
hypochondriac,
seek sorrow,
self-tormentor,
heautontimorumenos†,
malade imaginaire [Fr.],
medecin tant pis [Fr.];
croaker,
pessimist;
mope,
mopus†.
[Cause of dejection]
affliction
etc.
830;
sorry sight;
memento mori [Lat.];
damper,
wet blanket,
Job's comforter.
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Dutch: spelbederver, spelbreker
Polish: popsujzabawa