spoil-sportn.
One who acts so as to spoil the sport or plans of others.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant person
let-gamec1374
displeaser1641
troll1697
spoil-sport1801
pill1865
foul ball1918
Scrooge1940
slag1943
grinch1966
grot1970
knob jockey1989
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted > one who or that which
frustrater1676
baffler1677
foiler1700
spoil-sport1801
1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. iii. 97 Harriot swore at the colonel, for the veriest spoil-sport she had ever seen.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. iii. 41 Mike Lambourne was never a make-bate, or a spoil-sport, or the like.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxx Spoil-sports! The father of all manner of troubles on earth, be they noxious trade of croakers!
1886 G. Allen For Maimie's Sake xi Before that spoil-sport Hetty came in and so rudely interrupted us.
Derivatives
spoil sport v. (intransitive) to behave as a spoil-sport.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be or become displeased [verb (intransitive)] > displease
loathec893
overthinkc1175
displeasec1400
to stick in the throat (also craw, gizzard, stomach, etc.)c1536
unsavoura1547
distastea1618
disrelish1631
to give (also cause, etc.) offence to1712
spoil sport1869
to get in bad1902
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (intransitive)] > thwart
to cut the grass (from) under a person's feet1572
spoil sport1869
1869 T. Taylor & A. W. Dubourg New Men & Old Acres iii. 72 Brown. I'm locked in... Let me out. Lilian. (Unlocking door…) What was that for? Brown. (Laughing.) For fear I might spoil sport.
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xvii. 285 He did not want to spoil sport; he wanted the whole gang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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