A spoilsport is a person who ruins other people's fun.
Source: tatoeba (2436469)
Spoilsport
//ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt//
Synonyms for "spoilsport" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
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61 translations across 31 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- aixafaguitarres adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- esgarriacries adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 掃興的人 /扫兴的人 adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- 潑冷水的人 /泼冷水的人 adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- 煞風景的人 /煞风景的人 adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Czech
2 entries- morous adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- škarohlíd adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Danish
1 entries- lyseslukker adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Dutch
3 entries- pretbederver adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- spelbederver adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- spelbreker adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Estonian
1 entries- tujurikkuja adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Faroese
1 entries- gleðidrepari adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Finnish
1 entries- ilonpilaaja adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
French
2 entries- rabat-joie adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- trouble-fête adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Georgian
1 entries- აბეზარა adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
German
4 entries- Spaßbremse adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- Spaßverderber adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- Spaßverderberin adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- Spielverderber adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Hebrew
2 entries- הורס מסיבות adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- מַשְׁבִּית שְׂמָחוֹת adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Hungarian
1 entries- ünneprontó adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Icelandic
1 entries- gleðispillir adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Irish
2 entries- cnádánaí adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- seargánach adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Italian
1 entries- guastafeste adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Latin
1 entries- occīsor fēstārum adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- festbrems adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- gledesdreper adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gledesdrepar adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spellvedoawa adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Polish
3 entries- drewniak adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- ponurak adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- smutas adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Portuguese
1 entries- desmancha-prazeres m or f estraga-prazeres adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Russian
4 entries- брюзга́ adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- душни́ла adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- зану́да adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- кайфоло́м m кайфоло́мка adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- kvariigra adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- partibrejker adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- квариигра adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Sicilian
2 entries- scunza-jocu adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- scunzajocu adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Spanish
4 entries- aguafiestas adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- cortarrollos adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- mala onda adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- muermo adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Swedish
1 entries- glädjedödare adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Tagalog
1 entries- basag-trip adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Turkish
2 entries- mızıkçı adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- oyunbozan adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Walloon
1 entries- rabadjoye adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Welsh
2 entries- lladdwr hwyl adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
- surbwch adj (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Don't be a spoilsport.
Source: tatoeba (2436479)
"I know it is sudden, but this is your client, King Harkinian of Hyrule." "So this is the King I'm defending. I've never defended royalty before..!" "LOL I LEARNED TO TEXT WITH MY MOUTH. WHAT DO YOU THINK?" "I KNOW it isn't funny." "...Spoilsport."
Source: tatoeba (3224459)
Don't be such a spoilsport.
Source: tatoeba (6049473)
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