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Definition of party pooper in English: party poopernounˈpɑːtɪ puːpəˈpɑrdi ˌpupər informal A person who throws gloom over social enjoyment. I hate to be a party pooper, but I've got to catch the last train Example sentencesExamples - Just add some vodka and have a party, (definitely not submitted by a party-pooper!)
- Of course some party-poopers are saying this is a stupid, bad, wasteful idea.
- He denied the police were being party-poopers.
- ‘Man, Ty, you've become a real party-pooper since you changed rooms,’ said Colton.
- I'm sure the New York Times will hog him all night, the party-poopers.
- Without wanting to sound like a party-pooper, I must admit that 10 years of democracy is starting to lose its appeal.
- The wine flowed and the strawberry meringues went down a treat on Captain's Day at Kendal, but there was a party-pooper in the midst.
- He's one of the best American singer/songwriters to come along in a while and can easily take up residency alongside the aforementioned party-poopers.
- Will the neighbours be party-poopers and pull the plug at 10 pm?
- ‘I don't want to be a party-pooper, but at the same time, I can't go for this,’ Clark added.
- Call me a party-pooper, but what evidence do these guys have that this is more viable?
- But at the same time, I don't want to be a party-pooper.
- Call me old-fashioned - even a party-pooper - but one has an intuition that the headline ‘Scottish Socialists boycott ink-jet cartridges’ is not the harbinger of world revolution.
- Yet these party-poopers are not the only ones eating.
- Call me a party-pooper - and I'll take it as a compliment, not an insult, thank you very much - but in my book today is by quite a long way the worst day of the year.
- Between insulting relatives who don't care about their waistlines and being a party-pooper around co-workers at company parties, it's hard to say no without being ousted!
- Well, I hate to be a party-pooper, but the Archer affair is a condemnation of an entire generation of British politicians.
- Designated drivers, kids and those who simply choose not to drink alcohol don't want to feel like a party-pooper or stand out at their table.
- He has the stony face of a seasoned party-pooper.
- Sorry to be a party-pooper in this carnival of corruption.
Synonyms shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper
Derivativesadjective & noun informal Two party-pooping California researchers have found that the familiar tingle on the tongue caused by the fizzy drink revelers love to guzzle as they toast the New Year is no pleasure at all. Example sentencesExamples - It would be the worst kind of party-pooping to cancel an event based on unfounded fears of what might happen.
- Apart from Thomas Edison's famous party-pooping remark ‘We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything,’ praise for the depth and breadth of contemporary knowledge is the rule rather than the exception.
- Despite the man's party-pooping attitude, a lot of us will see something of ourselves in Miles, and that's what makes it oh-so-easy to identify with him.
- There's simply zero tolerance for that kind of party-pooping.
Definition of party pooper in US English: party poopernounˈpɑrdi ˌpupərˈpärdē ˌpo͞opər informal A person who throws gloom over social enjoyment. I hate to be a party pooper, but I've got to catch the last train Example sentencesExamples - He denied the police were being party-poopers.
- Call me old-fashioned - even a party-pooper - but one has an intuition that the headline ‘Scottish Socialists boycott ink-jet cartridges’ is not the harbinger of world revolution.
- Without wanting to sound like a party-pooper, I must admit that 10 years of democracy is starting to lose its appeal.
- Designated drivers, kids and those who simply choose not to drink alcohol don't want to feel like a party-pooper or stand out at their table.
- But at the same time, I don't want to be a party-pooper.
- Sorry to be a party-pooper in this carnival of corruption.
- ‘Man, Ty, you've become a real party-pooper since you changed rooms,’ said Colton.
- Call me a party-pooper, but what evidence do these guys have that this is more viable?
- He has the stony face of a seasoned party-pooper.
- Between insulting relatives who don't care about their waistlines and being a party-pooper around co-workers at company parties, it's hard to say no without being ousted!
- ‘I don't want to be a party-pooper, but at the same time, I can't go for this,’ Clark added.
- I'm sure the New York Times will hog him all night, the party-poopers.
- He's one of the best American singer/songwriters to come along in a while and can easily take up residency alongside the aforementioned party-poopers.
- The wine flowed and the strawberry meringues went down a treat on Captain's Day at Kendal, but there was a party-pooper in the midst.
- Call me a party-pooper - and I'll take it as a compliment, not an insult, thank you very much - but in my book today is by quite a long way the worst day of the year.
- Well, I hate to be a party-pooper, but the Archer affair is a condemnation of an entire generation of British politicians.
- Yet these party-poopers are not the only ones eating.
- Will the neighbours be party-poopers and pull the plug at 10 pm?
- Of course some party-poopers are saying this is a stupid, bad, wasteful idea.
- Just add some vodka and have a party, (definitely not submitted by a party-pooper!)
Synonyms shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper
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