Definition of "kill-joy" []

• Alternative spelling of killjoy. (noun)

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• "There's going to be an attempt over the next week to paint republicans as the Grinch, trying to ruin the "big day" for William and Kate out of a cocktail of kill-joy curmudgeonry and mean-spiritedness."
• "Women are consistently portrayed as the controlling force in the family, the “adult”, the kill-joy, and the only one with common sense."
• "I hate to be a kill-joy, but the vast majority of classical art pieces were designed as product placement ads paid for by monarchs and religious institutions."