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spoilsport

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/Part of speech nounSorted iloopprsstStarts with SEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. someone who spoils the pleasure of others

Word origin

From the verbal expression spoil sport (“ruin the amusement”).

Used in a sentence

  • I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched.
  • He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun: men who are a sort of walking conscience.
  • It may seem somewhat spoilsport to focus in on this negative after another important victory but to ignore it would be delusion. Southgate will not be letting it escape his attention.

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