- a variation of killjoy.
kill-joy
Example Sentences
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Scrooge is the anti-festive man brought into the circle of festivity, the kill-joy transformed into the joyful player.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2015
"I don't want to sound like a kill-joy ... but I do think we should face the facts squarely."
From Time Magazine Archive
Because their headquarters are thousands of miles away, the designers stationed in California exist in splendid -- and creatively productive -- isolation, relatively free from the kill-joy scrutiny of bean counters, marketing drones and engineers.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is such a thing, as a ray-screen, you kill-joy, and there are also lifting or tractor rays—two things I've been trying to dope out and that you've been giving me the Bronx cheer on.
From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
She had forgotten Lady Caroline's kill-joy face for the moment, and the more completely owing to the absence of any ill effects produced by it on Mr. Wilkins.
From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth
