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==English==

===Etymology===
Suggesting that such a person would extinguish fun like how a wet blanket can smother and extinguish a fire. {{rfe|en}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-wet blanket.ogg|a=AU}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|idiomatic|usually|endearing|derogatory}} A person who takes the [[fun]] out of a [[situation]] or [[activity]], as by [[pessimism]], [[demand]]s, [[dullness]], etc.
#: {{syn|en|buzzkill|killjoy|spoilsport|Thesaurus:spoilsport}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic|mildly|derogatory}} A [[timid]] person; one who lacks [[confidence]]; a [[wimp]].
# {{&lit|en|wet|blanket}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|throw a wet blanket on}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|someone who takes the fun out of a situation or activity}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aixafaguitarres|m|f}}, {{t+|ca|esgarriacries|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|suchar|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|lyseslukker|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|spelbreker}}, {{t+|nl|spelbreekster}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilonpilaaja}}
* French: {{t+|fr|rabat-joie|m|f}}, {{t+|fr|pisse-froid|m|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spielverderber|m}}, {{t+|de|Spaßbremse|f}}, {{t+|de|Miesmacher|m}}, {{t+|de|Miesmacherin|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|guastafeste|m|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|malkontent|m}}, {{t|pl|malkontentka}}, {{t+|pl|maruda|m}}, {{t|pl|smutas|m}}, {{t|pl|smutaska|f}}, {{t+|pl|drewniak|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|desmancha-prazeres|m|f}}, {{t+|pt|estraga-prazeres}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|зануда|m|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aguafiestas|f|m}}, {{t|es|sosaina|m|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|glädjedödare|c}}, {{t|sv|dystergök|c}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|זויערע אוגערקע|f}}
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===Verb===
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# {{alt form|en|wet-blanket}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2014|author=Helen Oyeyemi|title=Boy, Snow, Bird|isbn=9781628991604|passage=I say almost because I could still hear Ted trying his best to '''wet blanket''' Webster's Halloween costume idea.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1926|title=Forest Research Bi-Monthly Report|page=33|author=United States. Forest Service|passage= The secretary of the state retail association recently seen '''wet blanketed''' the whole thing, doubting the possibility of representative figures, or of getting the dealers to tell the truth, at least when business was poor and they begin to cut the prices of their competitors.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1911|title= American Motherhood - Volumes 32-33|page=311|passage= Nevertheless there is a certain handicap to the child who has been snubbed, mocked, jeered, '''wet blanketed''' and undervalued. }}

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