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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: 1785 one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who spoils others' pleasure or enjoyment.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(spoilsports) If you say that someone is a spoilsport, you mean that they are behaving in a way that ruins other people's pleasure or enjoyment. (INFORMAL) = killjoy N-COUNT [disapproval]