Crossword-Solution: KILLJOY 7 letters, 16 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 21

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DEPRESSING person 1 answer
person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment 1 answer
person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others 1 answer
person who spoils others' pleasure 1 answer
person who spoils other people's enjoyment 2 answers
Hinderer. 11 answers
party-pooper 11 answers
Stick-in-the-mud? 16 answers
Party pooper 16 answers
Prig 18 answers
GLOOMY person 18 answers
wet blanket 30 answers
Spoilsport 38 answers
stuffed shirt 42 answers
Pedant 45 answers
Square 80 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAERT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with KILLJOY (5)

When I got home, Father said: Well, another time I think you’d better stay and sleep at the Brs., and I said: I did not want to be a killjoy here.
A Young Girl’s Diary An Anonymous Young Girl 2006
And,” he added, laughing heartily, “I swear to you that every one gets a great deal of enjoyment out of it.” “In this place?” “Yes, in this place.” “You surprise me.” “Mon Dieu, they enjoy themselves because they have not that fear of death which is the great killjoy in all our earthly pleasures.” “But why should they be members of this club if they do not kill themselves?” “One may be a member of the club without being obliged for that reason to commit suicide.” “But then?” “I will explain.
Original Short Stories, Volume 13 (of 13) Guy de Maupassant 2006
Yes, a handsome man he is, but a fine bungler all the same, a perfect killjoy with all the crafty hindrances which he brought into that divorce affair.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Vol. 5 Emile Zola 2005
And what shall I say of the host who is churl enough to welcome you in such a shabby coat?" The cork went pop, their tongues went nineteen to the dozen, and the time went so rapidly that a little clock on the chest of drawers became a positive killjoy.
A Chair on The Boulevard Leonard Merrick 2006
You couldn't have any fun at all." I followed suit, denouncing Doctor Killjoy as she had, hoping that her nervous, frisky step would lead me toward the adventure she was evidently seeking.
The Woman Who Toils Mrs. John Van Vorst and Marie Van Vorst 2005

Quotes with KILLJOY (3)

The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced — because feminism isn’t about making everyone around the table feel comfortable. It’s about being disruptive, challenging, and changing the terms of the debate, so that, over time, almost certainly with discomfort and backlash, everyone becomes freer.
Kira Cochrane All the Rebel Women: The Rise of the Fourth Wave of Feminism
Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism? Or does she expose the bad feelings that get hidden, displaced, or negated under public signs of joy? Does bad feeling enter the room when somebody expresses anger about things, or could anger be the moment when the bad feelings that circulate through objects get brought to the surface in a certain way?
Sara Ahmed The Promise of Happiness
Let's take the figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. One feminist project could be to give the killjoy back her voice. Whilst hearing feminists as killjoys might be a form of dismissal, there is an agency that this dismissal rather ironically reveals. We can respond to the accusation with a "yes.
Sara Ahmed The Promise of Happiness
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Appears in: Universal, USA TODAY.

Used 4 times in crossword archives (2002–2006).