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spoilsport

Speech parts

1. spoilsport - Noun

2. spoilsport - Adjective

Meaning

spoilsport (plural spoilsports)

Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.

spoilsport (comparative more spoilsport, superlative most spoilsport)

Like a spoilsport.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should! Cecily von Ziegesar

Stand-up came naturally to me because people in Ireland talk. But that's not talking on panel shows; it is structured fun. It reminds me of some tragic aunt clapping her hands and bouncing into a room and announcing we should all play games... and if we don't we are all a rotten spoilsport. Dylan Moran

ARIZONA A British-owned newspaper is such a spoilsport, issuing dire warnings to Phoenix-area residents that they’re living in a fool’s paradise of bluegrass lawns and cooled pools. Source: Internet

The rain gods played the spoilsport and denied Afghanistan one crucial point. Source: Internet

“That left me to play the unenviable role,” she writes, “of spoilsport schoolmarm.” Source: Internet

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