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wet-blanketing

wet-blanketing is the present participle and gerund of wet-blanket.

Meaning of wet-blanket

Verb

wet-blanket (third-person singular simple present wet-blankets, present participle wet-blanketing, simple past and past participle wet-blanketed)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To disparage, belittle, or remove the satisfaction and joy from; to act as a wet blanket towards.
    • A few other topics of general interest were introduced by Mr. Brooke and wet-blanketed by Mrs. Brooke, and conversation languished.1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Questions about wet-blanketing

What is wet-blanketing the present participle and gerund of?
Wet-blanketing is the present participle and gerund of wet-blanket.

Words near wet-blanketing in the dictionary

  1. wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer
  2. wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometers
  3. wet-behind-the-ears
  4. wet-blanket
  5. wet-blanketed
  6. wet-blanketing
  7. wet-blanketry
  8. wet-blankets
  9. wet-bulb
  10. wet-bulb temperature
  11. wet-bulb temperatures

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