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See definition of spoilsport on Dictionary.com
  • as inparty pooper
  • as inwet blanket

synonyms for spoilsport

  • drip
  • fuddy-duddy
  • grinch
  • grouch
  • killjoy
  • malcontent
  • sourpuss
  • stick-in-the-mud
  • wet blanket

antonyms for spoilsport

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  • life of the party
  • live wire
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    How to use spoilsport in a sentence

    No; I certainly don't want to be a spoilsport, and I'm glad I wasn't there—in my official capacity.
    DAVE DARRIN'S SECOND YEAR AT ANNAPOLISH. IRVING HANCOCK
    He must not be a spoilsport at feasts; his is no desert rle like John the Baptist's.
    THE LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF NEW TESTAMENT TIMESJ. GRESHAM (JOHN GRESHAM) MACHEN
    As elsewhere the use of the hyphen depends largely in the familiarity of the phrase; spoilsport, pickpocket.
    COMPOUND WORDSFREDERICK W. HAMILTON
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    WORDS RELATED TO SPOILSPORT

    • drip
    • fuddy-duddy
    • grinch
    • grouch
    • killjoy
    • malcontent
    • sourpuss
    • spoilsport
    • stick-in-the-mud
    • wet blanket
    Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.