Spoilsport
WordNet
noun
(1) Someone who spoils the pleasure of others
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Someone who puts an end to other's fun, especially harmless fun.
- 1908, Edward Morgan Forster, A Room with a View, Chapter XIV,
- I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched.
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, Act II
- He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun:
- 1908, Edward Morgan Forster, A Room with a View, Chapter XIV,
See also
- burst someone’s bubble, bust someone’s bubble
- make waves
- killjoy
- party pooper
- put a damper on
- rain on somebody’s parade
- rock the boat
- upset the applecart, upset someone’s applecart
- stick in the mud
- wet blanket