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.