Synonyms for spoilsport
Most common
grinch grouch dampener marplot joy killer downer narc miserabilist
All synonyms
Noun
1. Party pooper
party pooper informal, wet blanket, kill-joy, grouch, dampener, grinch, wowser AU NZ, marplot, buzzkill slang
Other
downer, sour puss, fun sponge informal, joy killer, narc, miserabilist, addle-plot dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- bore complainer
Forms
- Plural
- spoilsports → kill-joys, grouches, dampeners, grinches…
Example sentences
- grinch We got a 1.5 meter high grinch tree from mom.
- grouch I'm a grouch before I have my first cup of coffee.
- downer I was sort of expecting it, but it was still a bit of a downer.
By length
- 4 letters
- narc1
- 6 letters
- downer2, grinch1, grouch1, wowser
- 7 letters
- marplot
- 8 letters
- buzzkill, dampener
- 12 letters
- miserabilist
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (downer2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- rabat-joie
- Español
- aguafiestas
- Deutsch
- Spaßbremse