spoilsportnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/us/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːrt/informal disapprovinga person who stops other people from enjoying themselves:
She did ask her dad if she could have a big party, but the old spoilsport refused.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who are boring and old-fashioned
- bore
- Colonel Blimp
- crashing bore
- dinosaur
- drip
- fogey
- fossil
- fuddy-duddy
- has-been
- killjoy
- Luddite
- party pooper
- saddo
- spod
- square
- stick-in-the-mud
- stuffed shirt
- wet blanket
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