spoilsport

[spoil-spawrt, -spohrt]

noun

1. a person whose selfish or unsportsmanlike attitudes or actions spoil the pleasure of others, as in a game or social gathering.

spoilsport

/ ˈspɔɪlˌspɔːt /

noun

1. informal,  a person who spoils the pleasure of other people by his actions or attitudes

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoilsport¹

First recorded in 1815–25; from phrase spoil the sport

Example Sentences

And rains play a spoilsport here as well.

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For days, northern California newspapers kicked around fierce, spoilsport claims.

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Never mind the spoilsport who defines college as “those magical seven years between high school and your first warehouse job.”

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ERB Inc. scrupulously guards the still-lucrative legacy of this outsized — only spoilsports would say outdated — out-and-out genius of popular genre fiction.

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But rising interest rates and fears of a recession may play spoilsport in an industry where most vehicle purchases are financed with loans, analysts say.

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