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spoilsport en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/ (UK)
- /ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt/ (US)
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Etymology
From the verbal expression spoil sport (“ruin the amusement”).
Meanings
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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:
Forms
Synonyms
marplot
spoilsport en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/ (UK)
- /ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From the verbal expression spoil sport (“ruin the amusement”).
Meanings
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Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
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: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:
Forms
Antonyms
party animal · live wire · life and soul of the party · life of the party
Deriveds
spoilsportism
Hypernyms
complainer · bore
Relateds
nonconform · damper · stickybeak · interloper · nosy parker · gatecrasher · Gloomy Gus · yenta · intruder · turd in the punchbowl · Buzz Killington · peeping tom · encroacher · rain on one's parade · put a damper on · backseat driver · kibitzer · pedant · buttinsky · fly in the ointment · busybody · prude · persona non grata · passion killer · yente · Debbie Downer · spoil · meddler · buttinski
Synonyms
marplot · addle-plot · wet blanket · spoilsport · dampener · stick in the mud · wet rag · cold fish · curmudgeon · party-pooper · downer · fun sponge · joy killer · grinch · grouch · miserabilist · buzzkill · killjoy · sourpuss
Translations (61)
de Spaßbremse (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ka აბეზარა (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · scn scunzajocu (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ga cnádánaí (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · fr rabat-joie (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · nb festbrems (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · pdt Spellvedoawa (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · sv glädjedödare (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ca aixafaguitarres (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · es mala onda (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · fr trouble-fête (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · es cortarrollos (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · da lyseslukker (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · de Spaßverderberin (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · cmn 潑冷水的人 /泼冷水的人 (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · de Spielverderberin (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · he מַשְׁבִּית שְׂמָחוֹת (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · pl smutas (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · cs morous (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ru обло́мщик (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · sh квариигра (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · de Spielverderber (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · es aguafiestas (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · pl ponurak (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · et tujurikkuja (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · la occīsor fēstārum (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ru душни́ла (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · nl pretbederver (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · cmn 掃興的人 /扫兴的人 (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · fo gleðidrepari (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ga seargánach (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · wa rabadjoye (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · tl basag-trip (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · pt desmancha-prazeres m or f estraga-prazeres (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · it guastafeste (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · he הורס מסיבות (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · de Spaßverderber (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · cmn 煞風景的人 /煞风景的人 (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ru кайфоло́м m кайфоло́мка (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ru обло́мщица (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · is gleðispillir (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · nl spelbreker (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · cy surbwch (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · fi ilonpilaaja (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · cy lladdwr hwyl (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · sh partibrejker (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ru ны́тик (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · pl drewniak (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · nb gledesdreper (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · hu ünneprontó (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · nl spelbederver (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · scn scunza-jocu (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · tr mızıkçı (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · tr oyunbozan (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · nn gledesdrepar (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · es muermo (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · cs škarohlíd (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ca esgarriacries (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ru зану́да (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · sh kvariigra (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) · ru брюзга́ (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)