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Main Entry: wet blanket
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pessimistic person

Synonyms:

cold water, damper, downer, drag, grinch, grouch, killjoy, malcontent, marplot, party pooper, poor sport, proser, sourpuss, spoilsport
Main Entry: bore
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nuisance

Synonyms:

bother, bromide, bummer, creep*, deadhead, downer, drag*, drip*, dull person, flat tire, headache, nag, nudge, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pill, soporific, stuffed shirt, tedious person, tiresome person, wet blanket, wimp*, yawn
Notes: a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious

Antonyms:

charmer, exciter, pleasure
Main Entry: killjoy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spoilsport

Synonyms:

complainer, dampener, doomsdayer, grinch, grouch, moaner, partypooper, pessimist, prophet of doom, stick in the mud, wet blanket, whiner
Main Entry: melancholy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressed, sad

Synonyms:

blue*, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, down*, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, dragged, droopy, funereal, gloomy, glum, grim, heavyhearted, in blue funk, joyless, lachrymose, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, mirthless, miserable, moody, moony, mournful, pensive, saddened, saddening, somber, sorrowful, sorry*, torn up, trite, unhappy, wet blanket, wistful, woebegone, woeful

Antonyms:

cheerful, happy, joyful
Main Entry: naysayer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pessimist

Synonyms:

complainer, cynic, defeatist, downer, gloomy, killjoy, misanthrope, party pooper, prophet of doom, sourpuss, wet blanket
Main Entry: pessimist
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who expects bad outcome

Synonyms:

complainer, crepehanger, cynic, defeatist, depreciator, downer, gloomy, killjoy, misanthrope, party pooper, prophet of doom, sourpuss, wet blanket, worrier, worrywart

Antonyms:

optimist
Main Entry: damper
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hindrance

Synonyms:

chill, depressant, restraint, wet blanket
Main Entry: party pooper
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: someone who spoils others' fun

Synonyms:

drip, fuddy-duddy, grinch, grouch, killjoy, malcontent, sourpuss, spoilsport, stick-in-the-mud, wet blanket

Antonyms:

celebrator, life of the party, live wire
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