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spoilsport

spoils·port

UK/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/ US/ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt/ rare

noun

1.

someone who spoils the pleasure of others

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Origin

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

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