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spoilsports

spoilsports is the plural of spoilsport.

Meaning of spoilsport

Noun

spoilsport (plural spoilsports)

  1. 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

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Questions about spoilsports

What is spoilsports the plural of?
Spoilsports is the plural of spoilsport.

Words near spoilsports in the dictionary

  1. spoilsmonger
  2. spoilsmongers
  3. spoilsome
  4. spoilsport
  5. spoilsportism
  6. spoilsports
  7. spoilt
  8. spoilt for choice
  9. spoilt somebody rotten
  10. spoilt someone rotten
  11. spoilt the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar

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