🤩 An amazing thing 🙅 A strict person

wowser

9.9

A person who is strict about right and wrong and dislikes fun

noun
/ˈwaʊzər/

Offensive

: puritano

You're such a wowser.

Examples

The local wowser often criticized families for their noisy barbecues on weekends.
He was known as a wowser because he always disapproved of the children's games.
She earned a reputation as a wowser after protesting against the music festival in the park.

Synonyms

disciplinarian

vswowser

11 6.6

A person who makes others follow strict rules

focuses on moral judgment and rejects enjoyment rather than general rule keeping

puritan

vswowser

6 7.2

A person who thinks people should follow very strict moral or religious rules and dislikes fun

is strict about morals without religious emphasis

moralist

vswowser

3 7.0

A person who insists others follow strict rules about right and wrong

also dislikes pleasure specifically rather than only enforcing rules

fun police

vswowser

Offensive

1 7.9

A person who stops others from having fun by being strict or serious

is about moral disapproval rather than merely preventing fun

Antonyms

enjoyer

3.1

A person who likes having, using or taking part in things

Compounds

real wowser

Slang

9.6

Something very impressive that makes people feel surprised

How Strict

puritan

6 7.2

wowser

Offensive

9.9

rule-follower

1 4.8

party animal

Informal

8 4.0

Surface Forms

wowser singular

wowsers plural

Etymology

Wowser is Australian slang for a person who is very strict about morals and does not like fun. One helpful way to remember it is to think of the exclamation 'wow' turned into a name for someone who stops people from saying 'wow', so a wowser is someone who spoils the fun.