spoilsport
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
spoilsport (plural spoilsports)
- Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
- 1908, Edward Morgan Forster, A Room with a View, Chapter XIV,
- I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched.
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, Act II
- He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun: […]
- 1908, Edward Morgan Forster, A Room with a View, Chapter XIV,
- killjoy, party pooper; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport
spoilsport
- Like a spoilsport.
- French: rabat-joie, trouble-fête
- German: Spielverderber, Spielverderberin, Spaßverderber, Spaßverderberin, Spaßbremse
- Italian: guastafeste
- Portuguese: estraga-prazeres
- Russian: кайфоло́м
- Spanish: aguafiestas
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