Wet-blanket

Quick meaning: Wet-blanket is a verb meaning (transitive, idiomatic) To disparage, belittle, or remove the satisfaction and joy from; to act as a wet blanket towards.

Meaning

(transitive, idiomatic) To disparage, belittle, or remove the satisfaction and joy from; to act as a wet blanket towards.

Example Sentences

A second significant enemy commando raid further wet-blanketed satisfaction over the reopening of Highway 4.

But if a single syllable had been breathed to Papa he would have wet-blanketed the whole adventure: he was much too strict.

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.

Word Forms

• wet-blankets
• wet-blanketing
• wet-blanketed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blanket, queer, blank, flat, blanken, blandify.

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