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Meanings of spoilsport in English

Catalan
esgarriacries
Spanish
cenizo

Someone who spoils the pleasure of others.

esgarriacries
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Examples for "killjoy"
Examples for "killjoy"
1
It's hard for me, too; I don't want to be the killjoy.
Brave girl eating: a family's struggle with anorexia
2
A year or two at most. Saying so, Grigori felt like a killjoy.
Russian Winter
3
He did not intend any longer to play the part of a killjoy.
A Woodland Queen ('Reine des Bois') — Volume 2
4
Anxious, haggard, greedy, I stood among them like a veritable killjoy.
Waifs and Strays / Part 1
5
I must not make myself a killjoy in the family.
Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania
1
Half-decayed wood is good; spongy, moist, unpleasant stuff, a vegetable wet blanket.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
2
His great experience and standing threw a wet blanket on my hopes.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
3
This little pilgrimage threw quite a wet blanket upon his rising spirits.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
4
I cried, this is indeed a wet blanket thrown upon my success.
The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales
5
He was then unimaginably awkward, incapable of unbending, a wet blanket socially.
The Mirrors of Washington
1
I took a party pooper pill on the way back to the ship.
The truth of valor
2
But am overruled by Larry, halfheartedly trying not to be a party pooper.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
3
Maia, the party pooper, was nursing a mug of herbal tea.
Mission road
4
Bob just looked at me as if I was the world's biggest party pooper.
The World According to Bob
5
I hate to be a party pooper, y'all, but I need to get home.
Dead air
Usage of spoilsport in English
1
And only a beastly spoilsport would point out that rats can swim.
The folklore of discworld
2
Two factors have emerged to play spoilsport - valuations and inflation.
Reuters
3
Still, not to be a spoilsport, he too broke up with his wife.
The Guardian
4
He shot me a look as if to say 'spoilsport'.
The World According to Bob
5
On a day when the weather again tried to play spoilsport, nobody could ruin Lowry's party.
The Irish Times
6
Honestly, Pete, you're turning into a real spoilsport.
In every heartbeat
7
So why is Chuck being such a spoilsport?
Wired
8
And to be a spoilsport: It's difficult to imagine a military problem that the Transformer actually solves.
Wired
9
Ann is such a spoilsport, Mr. Smith.
A singular man
10
The water level will be low, however, and there are concerns that rising winds may prove a spoilsport.
The Irish Times
11
Still, the weather plays spoilsport and Ayano has often had to replace scarecrows exposed to the open air.
Reuters
12
I see spoilsport-at-large Richard Dawkins was at it again, this time saying modern kids don't need fairy tales.
The Irish Times
13
But economic factors have played spoilsport.
Reuters
14
Don't be a spoilsport about it.
Mistress of the game
15
No; I certainly don't want to be a spoilsport, and I'm glad I wasn't there-inmy official capacity.
Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as N...
16
Some might even think the lifeguard a bit of a spoilsport for blowing the whistle to stop the fun.
The Irish Times
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