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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn: spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1776 one who spoils the pleasure of others

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who throws gloom over or prevents other people's enjoyment.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(killjoys) If you call someone a killjoy, you are critical of them because they stop other people from enjoying themselves, often by reminding them of something unpleasant. Don't be such a killjoy!... = spoilsport N-COUNT [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

Cassandra, Eeyore, calamity howler, crepehanger, cynic, damp, dampener, damper, defeatist, gloomy Gus, grouch, grump, malcontent, malist, negativist, nihilist, pessimist, prophet of doom, retreatist, seek-sorrow, sourpuss, spoilsport, wet blanket, worrywart