On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Killjoy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as spoilsport and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Killjoy meaning
A person who is anti-fun, or prevents others from having fun.
Synonyms of Killjoy
Using Killjoy
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who is anti-fun, or prevents others from having fun.
- Useful related words include: spoilsport, wet blanket, party pooper, unwelcome person.
- In the example corpus, killjoy often appears in combinations such as: the killjoy, killjoy hit.
Context around Killjoy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Killjoy
- In this selection, "killjoy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, arbitrary, conceived, hit, guard and german stand out and add context to how "killjoy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a killjoy council has and a long killjoy monologue only. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "killjoy" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with killjoy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Killjoy hit a Frankensteiner on BK. (6 words)
Share or comment on this article: Rise of the killjoy councils! (11 words)
Lude and Killjoy hit simultaneous huracanranas and the crowd “quacked” for them. (12 words)
Helpfully, all of the rules can be outlined in 280 characters apiece, which meant the Twitter Safety account then went off on a long killjoy monologue, only punctuated by heckled from the kind of troublemakers who the rules might inconvenience. (40 words)
It would be an arbitrary, killjoy move, by people sitting in high office, that makes no sense because no thought was given to what the customer actually wanted, or how a business was supposed to sustain itself. (37 words)
A killjoy council has spent nearly £10 million on a scheme to rid its playgrounds of swings, roundabouts, climbing frames and slides because they are 'clearly biased towards four to seven-year-olds'. (33 words)
Share or comment on this article: Rise of the killjoy councils! (11 words)
Example sentences (10)
According to witnesses, the targeted girl in the crowd was simply jumping up and down before the killjoy guard tried to stop her - causing the pop star to shout at him.
Lude and Killjoy hit simultaneous huracanranas and the crowd “quacked” for them.
England fans were left fuming when a killjoy German cop snatched their ball during a kickabout before the Three Lions' semi-final clash tonight.
Killjoy hit a Frankensteiner on BK.
Share or comment on this article: Rise of the killjoy councils!
A killjoy council has spent nearly £10 million on a scheme to rid its playgrounds of swings, roundabouts, climbing frames and slides because they are 'clearly biased towards four to seven-year-olds'.
Helpfully, all of the rules can be outlined in 280 characters apiece, which meant the Twitter Safety account then went off on a long killjoy monologue, only punctuated by heckled from the kind of troublemakers who the rules might inconvenience.
The spokesperson, clearly a killjoy, had no further comment, even under intense questioning to prove with relevant documentation that Bresciani didn't worship the devil.
It would be an arbitrary, killjoy move, by people sitting in high office, that makes no sense because no thought was given to what the customer actually wanted, or how a business was supposed to sustain itself.
For Charlton in 1974 he did Liberty Belle backup stories in E-Man and conceived Killjoy.
Common combinations with killjoy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: