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spoilsportspoil‧sport /ˈspɔɪlspɔːt $ -spɔːrt/ noun [countable] informal - "I don't think we should go in there - someone might see us." "Oh, don't be such a spoilsport - come on!"
- Don't be a spoilsport, Richard. Come play with us.
- And last night they were branded spoilsports after claiming not enough viewers are interested in the national game.
- Civic spoilsports, however, banned the annual nude swim off Bondi Beach.
- I decline, and feel like a spoilsport.
- Until some spoilsport thought to measure the 100-yard track - and found it was just over 70 yards.
someone who spoils things► wet blanket informal someone who spoils a happy event for other people, especially by refusing to join in with everyone else: · Stop being a wet blanket and come and dance.· Does he have to come on vacation with us? He's such a wet blanket! ► spoiler someone who deliberately spoils someone else's enjoyment, happiness, or plans: · My ex-husband was a real spoiler who turned every happy event into a nightmare. ► spoilsport informal someone who spoils other people's enjoyment, especially by trying to prevent them from doing something: · "I don't think we should go in there - someone might see us." "Oh, don't be such a spoilsport - come on!" ► party pooper spoken informal someone who spoils other people's fun, for example by saying that they should not be doing what they are doing: · When he said it was time to wind things up, the others accused him of being a party pooper. ► killjoy informal someone who disapproves of things that other people enjoy and who tries to stop them enjoying themselves: · We wanted to do a sponsored dance after work but those killjoys in Head Office wouldn't let us. someone who spoils other people’s fun: Don’t be such a spoilsport. |