as in spoilsport
a person who spoils the pleasure of others
his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun
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Recent Examples of killjoy
Nauseatingly innocent and a self-righteous killjoy, April seems to have existed solely for the purpose of making everyone else on Grey's Anatomy look worlds more interesting.
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Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
The Civil War, which is jeopardizing his presidency, has turned him into an utter killjoy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Without being a complete spoiler-lobbing killjoy, this is a story heavily marinated in trauma, with an emphasis on two parties’ checkered past in particular.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Montana, the Badgers’ opening-round foe, Big Sky champs and perennial Greeley killjoys, are already used to running around at altitude.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
The Civil War, which is jeopardizing his presidency, has turned him into an utter killjoy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Without being a complete spoiler-lobbing killjoy, this is a story heavily marinated in trauma, with an emphasis on two parties’ checkered past in particular.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Montana, the Badgers’ opening-round foe, Big Sky champs and perennial Greeley killjoys, are already used to running around at altitude.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for killjoy
Noun
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Granted, this might simply be an old-fashioned spoilsport way to view the market.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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No one likes a spoilsport, apparently.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The dollar amount was chosen arbitrarily based on what voters might accept, and some cynics saw it as a move by a pro-development commission to cozy up to environmentalists.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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However, those cynics didn’t sound as enlightened when the Rockets were up 18 early in the fourth quarter Saturday night.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Born into a family of drag racers, Headrick grew up frequenting a track about 30 minutes from his childhood home in Braidwood, Ill.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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In Tuscawilla, motorcycles are using the main drag, Winter Springs Boulevard, as a drag strip!—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Beneath the school’s football field, there are 160 bore holes, each 500 feet deep, containing pipes that harness the relatively consistent underground temperatures to regulate temperatures in the school.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Marchand did not see the ice in OT but calmly stepped to the center dot, bore in on Korpisalo and beat him over the glove with a pretty backhander, a move Pastrnak knows well.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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The nonprofit donated almost $200,000 to the church for the materials a grinch stole.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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To play off the flavor of the candy, the grinch-green dough has a subtle cinnamon flavor of its own.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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People who eat freshwater crab, prawns, frogs, snails and slugs are at greatest risk.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Think jumbo lump crab cakes and goat cheese queso with wild mushrooms.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Killjoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killjoy. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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