Thesaurus:put a damper on

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]

Hypernyms

• spoil    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• clamp down on

See also

• Thesaurus:spoilsport
• Thesaurus:nonconform

Further reading

• “706. hindrance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “put a damper on” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.