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killjoys

killjoys is the plural of killjoy.

Meaning of killjoy

Noun

killjoy (plural killjoys)

  1. (derogatory, occasionally endearing) A person who is anti-fun, or prevents others from having fun.
    • “If you mean me, sir, I call you and every one else to the inspection of my professional life. As to Christian or unchristian, I repudiate your canting palavering Christianity; and as to the way in which I spend my income, it is not my principle to maintain thieves and cheat offspring of their due...1871, George Eliot, Middlemarch

Questions about killjoys

What is killjoys the plural of?
Killjoys is the plural of killjoy.

Words near killjoys in the dictionary

  1. killinite
  2. killion
  3. killions
  4. killjoy
  5. killjoyism
  6. killjoys
  7. Killke
  8. Killman
  9. Killmer
  10. Killmers
  11. killock

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