Crossword-Solution: KILLJOY
We have 16 clues for the answer “KILLJOY”
| Clue | Answers |
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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
RETAE
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (2002–2006).