Antonyms for sport

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : spawrt, spohrt

Phonetic Transcription : spɔrt, spoʊrt

Definition of sport

Origin : c.1400, "to take pleasure, to amuse oneself," from Anglo-French disport, Old French desport "pastime, recreation, pleasure," from desporter "to divert, amuse, please, play" (see disport). Sense of "to amuse oneself by active exercise in open air or taking part in some game" is from late 15c. Meaning "to wear" is from 1778. Related: Sported; sporting.

noun recreational activity; entertainment
noun fun, joking
noun person who takes kidding
verb display, wear

Example sentences :

I never saw a girl of her age bid fairer to be the sport of mankind.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

If you are really out just for sport and curiosity, I'm sorry for you.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

My brother Digby has no sport in him, and he is much bigger than me, besides.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

He had fished all his life—had Good Indian—and had found joy in the sport.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

But this ordeal combat was far removed from the domain of sport.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

He was more interested in the science of the bow than in the sport of it.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

There was little roughness in the sport, and much playfulness.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Should a man of quality incline to sport there was ever something to attract him.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Let us see what sort of sport the bull-pups make in the baiting of him!
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But there was one man amongst them who particularly enjoyed the sport.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Synonyms for sport

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