spoilsport
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- spoil-sport (dated)
[edit] Etymology
From the verbal expression spoil sport (“ruin the amusement”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
spoilsport (plural spoilsports)
- Someone who puts an end to other's 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,
[edit] Synonyms
- killjoy (UK)
- party pooper
[edit] Translations
someone who puts an end to harmless fun
|
|
