Word Information

Spoil

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Definitions for Spoil

noun
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
Examples
  1. to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
noun
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
Synonyms
spoiling spoilage
Examples
  1. her spoiling my dress was deliberate
noun
the act of stripping and taking by force
Synonyms
spoliation spoilation despoilation despoilment despoliation
verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Synonyms
botch bodge bumble fumble botch up muff blow flub screw up ball up muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up foul up mess up fuck up
Examples
  1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
verb
become unfit for consumption or use
Synonyms
go bad
Examples
  1. the meat must be eaten before it spoils
verb
alter from the original
Synonyms
corrupt
verb
treat with excessive indulgence
Synonyms
pamper featherbed cosset cocker baby coddle mollycoddle indulge
Examples
  1. grandparents often pamper the children
  2. Let's not mollycoddle our students!
verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Synonyms
thwart queer scotch foil cross frustrate baffle bilk
Examples
  1. What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
  2. foil your opponent
verb
have a strong desire or urge to do something
Synonyms
itch
Examples
  1. She is itching to start the project
  2. He is spoiling for a fight
verb
destroy and strip of its possession
Synonyms
rape despoil violate plunder
Examples
  1. The soldiers raped the beautiful country
verb
make imperfect
Synonyms
mar impair deflower vitiate
Examples
  1. nothing marred her beauty

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