Spoilsport

Pronunciation

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

Alternative forms

• spoil-sport dated

Origin

From the verbal expression spoil sport ("ruin the amusement").

Full definition of spoilsport

Noun

1. Someone who puts an end to other's fun, especially harmless fun.
• 1908, Edward Morgan Forster, , ,I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched.
• 1912, George Bernard Shaw, ,He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun: ...

Synonyms

• killjoy

• party pooper