spoilsport

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• spoil-sport (dated)

[edit] Etymology

From the verbal expression spoil sport (“‘ruin the amusement’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt/
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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

[edit] Noun

spoilsport (plural spoilsports)

1. 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: […]

[edit] Synonyms

• killjoy (UK)
• party pooper

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• burst someone’s bubble, bust someone’s bubble
• make waves
• killjoy
• party pooper
• put a damper on
• rain on somebody’s parade
• rock the boat
• upset the applecart, upset someone’s applecart
• stick in the mud
• wet blanket