Usually means: Ruins fun for others intentionally.
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  1. spoilsport: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spoilsport: Merriam-Webster
  3. spoilsport: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spoilsport: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. spoilsport: Collins English Dictionary
  6. spoilsport: Vocabulary.com
  7. Spoilsport, spoilsport: Wordnik
  8. spoilsport: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. spoilsport: Wiktionary
  10. spoilsport: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. spoilsport: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. spoilsport: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. spoilsport: Dictionary.com
  14. spoilsport: Rhymezone
  15. spoilsport: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. spoilsport: FreeDictionary.org
  17. spoilsport: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. spoilsport: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
▸ adjective:  Like a spoilsport.

Similar:
party pooper, killjoy, wet blanket, spoil-sport, buzzkill, spoilee, fun sponge, poor sport, spoilsman, party-pooper, more...

Opposite:
party animal

Types:
party pooper, wet blanket, killjoy, goody two-shoes, stick in mud, more...

Adjectives:
such, old, real, sad, possible, only

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Similar:
party pooper, killjoy, wet blanket, spoil-sport, buzzkill, spoilee, fun sponge, poor sport, spoilsman, party-pooper, more...

Opposite:
party animal

Types:
party pooper, wet blanket, killjoy, goody two-shoes, stick in mud, more...

Adjectives:
such, old, real, sad, possible, only



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