Thesaurus:put a damper on
English
Verb
Sense: to prevent others from enjoying an activity; to disillusion; to spoil
Synonyms
- burst someone's bubble
- piss in someone's cornflakes (vulgar)
- piss in someone's Cheerios (vulgar)
- piss on someone's bonfire (vulgar)
- piss on someone's chips (vulgar)
- put a damper on
- piss on someone's bonfire (vulgar)
- piss on someone's campfire (vulgar)
- rain on someone's parade
- shit in someone's cereal (vulgar)
- shit in someone's Cheerios (vulgar)
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- upset the applecart
Antonyms
- celebrate
- live it up (idiomatic)
- party [⇒ thesaurus]
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Further reading
- “706. hindrance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “put a damper on” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.