spoilsport
UK/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt//ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt/
spoilsport noun: someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
Noun
spoilsport (plural spoilsports)
- Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
- I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched.1908, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter XIV, in A Room with a View, London: Edward Arnold, →OCLC
- He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun: men who are a sort of walking conscience.1912 February 6 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Androcles and the Lion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 31
- Synonyms:
- addle-plot, buzzkill, cold fish, curmudgeon, dampener, downer, fun sponge, grinch, grouch, joy killer
Adjective
spoilsport (comparative more spoilsport, superlative most spoilsport)
- Like a spoilsport.
- It may seem somewhat spoilsport to focus in on this negative after another important victory but to ignore it would be delusion. Southgate will not be letting it escape his attention.2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport
- Synonyms:
- marplot
spoilsport meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog
spoilsport in Malayalam
- dog in the manger, killjoy, misery
- ഉത്സാഹം കെടുത്തുന്നവൻ, രസംകൊല്ലി, രസം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ, അരസികൻ, പുല്ലോട്ടിയിലെ പട്ടി, പുൽക്കൂട്ടിലെ പട്ടി
spoilsport in Kannada
- ವಿನೋದಗೇಡಿ, ಸಂತೋಷಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾರಿ, ಸುಖದ ಕೊಲೆಗಾರ, ಆನಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಪೀಡೆ, ಸುಖದ ಶತ್ರು
spoilsport in Tagalog
- someone who puts an end to harmless fun
- basag-trip
Synonyms of spoilsport
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Antonyms
Forms of spoilsport
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | spoilsports |
| alternative form | spoil-sport |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more spoilsport |
| superlative | most spoilsport |
Origin of spoilsport
From the verbal expression spoil sport (“ruin the amusement”).
Words formed from spoilsport
Words that rhyme with spoilsport
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- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- torte
- worrywart
Questions about spoilsport
- What does spoilsport mean?
- Spoilsport means someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
- What is spoilsport in Malayalam?
- Spoilsport in Malayalam is ഉത്സാഹം കെടുത്തുന്നവൻ, രസംകൊല്ലി, രസം നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ. See Spoilsport meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is spoilsport?
- Spoilsport can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spoilsport?
- Spoilsport is pronounced /ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of spoilsport?
- The plural of spoilsport is spoilsports.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spoilsport (page history and authors); spoilsport (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); spoilsport (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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