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spoil


spoil

S0657000 (spoil) v. spoiled or spoilt (spoilt), spoil·ing, spoils v. tr. 1. a. To impair or destroy the quality or value of; ruin: spoiled the dish by adding too much salt. b. To impair or destroy the enjoyment or experience of: spoiled the movie by talking throughout it. c. To reveal details about (a movie or a book, for example) before someone has a chance to discover these details on their own: The article spoiled the next episode of my favorite TV show. 2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency. See Synonyms at pamper.3. Archaic a. To plunder; despoil. b. To take by force. v. intr. To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food. See Synonyms at decay. n. 1. spoils a. Goods or property seized from a victim after a conflict, especially after a military victory. b. Incidental benefits reaped by a winner, especially political patronage enjoyed by a successful party or candidate. 2. An object of plunder; prey. 3. Refuse material removed from an excavation. 4. Archaic The act of plundering; spoliation. Phrasal Verb: spoil for To be eager for: spoiling for a fight.
[Middle English spoilen, to plunder, from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre, from spolium, booty.]

spoil

(spɔɪl) vb, spoils, spoiling, spoilt or spoiled1. (tr) to cause damage to (something), in regard to its value, beauty, usefulness, etc2. (tr) to weaken the character of (a child) by complying unrestrainedly with its desires3. (intr) (of perishable substances) to become unfit for consumption or use: the fruit must be eaten before it spoils. 4. (General Sporting Terms) (intr) sport to disrupt the play or style of an opponent, as to prevent him from settling into a rhythm5. archaic to strip (a person or place) of (property or goods) by force or violence6. be spoiling for to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)n7. (Mining & Quarrying) waste material thrown up by an excavation8. any treasure accumulated by a person: this gold ring was part of the spoil. 9. obsolete a. the act of plunderingb. a strategically placed building, city, etc, captured as plunder[C13: from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre to strip, from spolium booty]

spoil

(spɔɪl)

v. spoiled or spoilt, spoil•ing, v.t. 1. to damage or harm severely; ruin: The tear spoiled the delicate fabric. 2. to impair the quality of; affect detrimentally: Bad weather spoiled our vacation. 3. to impair the character of (someone) by excessive indulgence. 4. Archaic. a. to strip of goods or valuables; plunder. b. to take or seize by force. v.i. 5. to become bad or unfit for use, as food or other perishable substances. 6. to plunder, pillage, or rob. n. 7. Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery. 8. spoils, the emoluments and advantages of public office viewed as won by a victorious political party. 9. waste material, as that which is cast up in excavating. Idioms: be spoiling for, Informal. to be very eager for: They're spoiling for a fight. [1300–50; (v.) Middle English < Old French espoillier < Latin spoliāre to despoil, v. derivative of spolium booty]

spoil

  • bilk - A term originally used in cribbage, meaning "spoil one's opponent's score."
  • corrupt - Comes from Latin corrumpere, "destroy completely," and first meant "to destroy or spoil the flesh, fruit, or organic matter by dissolution or decomposition."
  • infect - From Latin inficere, "put in" or "dip in," which came to mean "stain, taint, spoil."
  • vitiate - "To make imperfect; spoil."

destroy

– spoil – ruin">ruin1. 'destroy'

If you destroy something, you cause so much damage to it that it can no longer be used or it no longer exists.

Several apartment buildings were destroyed by the fire.I destroyed the letter as soon as I had read it.
2. 'spoil' and 'ruin'

If someone or something prevents an experience from being enjoyable, don't say that they 'destroy' the experience. You say that they spoil it or ruin it.

The evening had been spoiled by their argument.The weather had completely ruined their day.

spoil


Past participle: spoiled/spoilt
Gerund: spoiling
Imperative
spoil
spoil
Present
I spoil
you spoil
he/she/it spoils
we spoil
you spoil
they spoil
Preterite
I spoiled/spoilt
you spoiled/spoilt
he/she/it spoiled/spoilt
we spoiled/spoilt
you spoiled/spoilt
they spoiled/spoilt
Present Continuous
I am spoiling
you are spoiling
he/she/it is spoiling
we are spoiling
you are spoiling
they are spoiling
Present Perfect
I have spoiled/spoilt
you have spoiled/spoilt
he/she/it has spoiled/spoilt
we have spoiled/spoilt
you have spoiled/spoilt
they have spoiled/spoilt
Past Continuous
I was spoiling
you were spoiling
he/she/it was spoiling
we were spoiling
you were spoiling
they were spoiling
Past Perfect
I had spoiled/spoilt
you had spoiled/spoilt
he/she/it had spoiled/spoilt
we had spoiled/spoilt
you had spoiled/spoilt
they had spoiled/spoilt
Future
I will spoil
you will spoil
he/she/it will spoil
we will spoil
you will spoil
they will spoil
Future Perfect
I will have spoiled/spoilt
you will have spoiled/spoilt
he/she/it will have spoiled/spoilt
we will have spoiled/spoilt
you will have spoiled/spoilt
they will have spoiled/spoilt
Future Continuous
I will be spoiling
you will be spoiling
he/she/it will be spoiling
we will be spoiling
you will be spoiling
they will be spoiling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been spoiling
you have been spoiling
he/she/it has been spoiling
we have been spoiling
you have been spoiling
they have been spoiling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been spoiling
you will have been spoiling
he/she/it will have been spoiling
we will have been spoiling
you will have been spoiling
they will have been spoiling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been spoiling
you had been spoiling
he/she/it had been spoiling
we had been spoiling
you had been spoiling
they had been spoiling
Conditional
I would spoil
you would spoil
he/she/it would spoil
we would spoil
you would spoil
they would spoil
Past Conditional
I would have spoiled/spoilt
you would have spoiled/spoilt
he/she/it would have spoiled/spoilt
we would have spoiled/spoilt
you would have spoiled/spoilt
they would have spoiled/spoilt
Thesaurus
Noun1.spoil - (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than onestolen property - property that has been stolen
2.spoil - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"spoiling, spoilageinjury - an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
3.spoil - the act of stripping and taking by forcedespoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliationpillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
Verb1.spoil - make a mess of, destroy or ruinspoil - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, muff, screw up, fumble, blowgo wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
2.spoil - become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"go badaddle - become rotten; "addled eggs"curdle - go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"decay - undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
3.spoil - alter from the originalcorruptmodify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
4.spoil - treat with excessive indulgencespoil - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, indulgedo by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
5.spoil - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) ofspoil - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart, baffle, bilk, foil, crossdisappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"dash - destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings"ruin - destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
6.spoil - have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"itchdesire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
7.spoil - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"despoil, rape, plunder, violateruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
8.spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"mar, vitiate, deflower, impairdamage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"defile, sully, taint, corrupt, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

spoil

verb1. ruin, destroy, wreck, damage, total (slang), blow (slang), injure, upset, harm, mar, scar, undo, trash (slang), impair, mess up, blemish, disfigure, debase, deface, put a damper on It is important not to let mistakes spoil your life.
ruin save, preserve, conserve, keep, improve, enhance, augment
2. overindulge, indulge, pamper, baby, cocker (rare), cosset, coddle, spoon-feed, mollycoddle, kill with kindness Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren.
overindulge deprive, be strict with, treat harshly, ignore, pay no attention to
3. indulge, treat, pamper, satisfy, gratify, pander to, regale Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer.4. go bad, turn, go off (Brit. informal), rot, decay, decompose, curdle, mildew, addle, putrefy, become tainted Fats spoil by becoming tainted.
plural noun1. booty, loot, plunder, gain, prizes, prey, pickings, pillage, swag (slang), boodle (slang, chiefly U.S.), rapine Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils.

spoil

verb1. To become or cause to become rotten or unsound:break down, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, taint, turn.Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed.2. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack, wreck.Slang: total.Idiom: put the kibosh on.3. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff.Informal: bollix up, muck up.Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.Idiom: make a muck of.4. To treat with indulgence and often overtender care:baby, cater, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper.5. Archaic. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war:depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack, spoliate, strip.Archaic: harrow.noun1. Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime.Used in plural:booty, loot, pillage, plunder.Slang: boodle.Nautical: prize.2. The political appointments or jobs that are at the disposal of those in power.Used in plural:patronage.Slang: pork.
Translations
溺爱宠坏宠溺损坏

spoil

(spoil) past tense, past participles spoiled, ~spoilt (-t) verb1. to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless. If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it. 損壞 损坏2. to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so. They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable! 寵壞,溺愛 宠坏,溺爱 spoils noun plural profits or rewards. the spoils of war; the spoils of success. 掠奪物 掠夺物spoilt adjectiveHe's a very spoilt child! 被寵壞的 被宠坏的ˈspoilsport noun a person who spoils, or refuses to join in, the fun of others. 掃興的人 扫兴的人

spoil

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spoil


spoil

tv. to kill someone. It was Joel Cairo’s job to make sure that nobody got close enough to Mr. Big to spoil him.
See:
  • a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
  • be spoiled for choice
  • be spoiling for (something)
  • be spoiling for a fight
  • be spoiling for a fight, argument, etc.
  • be spoilt/spoiled for choice
  • do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) barrel
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) bunch
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) bushel
  • make a spoon or spoil a horn
  • one bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • one bad apple spoils the (whole) bunch
  • one bad apple spoils the (whole) bushel
  • one rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
  • one rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
  • rotten apple
  • rotten apple spoils the barrel
  • rotten apple spoils the barrel, a
  • spare the rod and spoil the child
  • spoil
  • spoil (one) rotten
  • spoil for
  • spoil somebody rotten
  • spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
  • spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
  • spoil the ship for a ha'porth/ha'penny-worth of tar
  • spoiled for choice
  • spoiled rotten
  • spoiling for a fight
  • to the victor belong the spoils
  • to the victor go the spoils
  • to the victor, the spoils
  • To the victors belong the spoils
  • too many cooks spoil the broth
  • too many cooks spoil the soup
  • Too many cooks spoil the stew

spoil


spoil

[spȯil] (mining engineering) The overburden or nonore material from a coal mine. A stratum of coal and dirt mixed.

spoil

Material from excavating or dredging.
MedicalSeedecomposition

SPOIL


AcronymDefinition
SPOILStored Procedure Object Interface Layer

spoil


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  • verb
  • noun

Synonyms for spoil

verb ruin

Synonyms

  • ruin
  • destroy
  • wreck
  • damage
  • total
  • blow
  • injure
  • upset
  • harm
  • mar
  • scar
  • undo
  • trash
  • impair
  • mess up
  • blemish
  • disfigure
  • debase
  • deface
  • put a damper on

Antonyms

  • save
  • preserve
  • conserve
  • keep
  • improve
  • enhance
  • augment

verb overindulge

Synonyms

  • overindulge
  • indulge
  • pamper
  • baby
  • cocker
  • cosset
  • coddle
  • spoon-feed
  • mollycoddle
  • kill with kindness

Antonyms

  • deprive
  • be strict with
  • treat harshly
  • ignore
  • pay no attention to

verb indulge

Synonyms

  • indulge
  • treat
  • pamper
  • satisfy
  • gratify
  • pander to
  • regale

verb go bad

Synonyms

  • go bad
  • turn
  • go off
  • rot
  • decay
  • decompose
  • curdle
  • mildew
  • addle
  • putrefy
  • become tainted

noun booty

Synonyms

  • booty
  • loot
  • plunder
  • gain
  • prizes
  • prey
  • pickings
  • pillage
  • swag
  • boodle
  • rapine

Synonyms for spoil

verb to become or cause to become rotten or unsound

Synonyms

  • break down
  • decay
  • decompose
  • deteriorate
  • disintegrate
  • molder
  • putrefy
  • rot
  • taint
  • turn

verb to cause the complete ruin or wreckage of

Synonyms

  • bankrupt
  • break down
  • cross up
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • finish
  • ruin
  • shatter
  • sink
  • smash
  • torpedo
  • undo
  • wash up
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • total

verb to harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess

Synonyms

  • ball up
  • blunder
  • boggle
  • botch
  • bungle
  • foul up
  • fumble
  • gum up
  • mess up
  • mishandle
  • mismanage
  • muddle
  • muff
  • bollix up
  • muck up
  • blow
  • goof up
  • louse up
  • screw up
  • snafu

verb to treat with indulgence and often overtender care

Synonyms

  • baby
  • cater
  • coddle
  • cosset
  • indulge
  • mollycoddle
  • overindulge
  • pamper

verb to rob of goods by force, especially in time of war

Synonyms

  • depredate
  • despoil
  • havoc
  • loot
  • pillage
  • plunder
  • ransack
  • rape
  • ravage
  • sack
  • spoliate
  • strip
  • harrow

noun goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime

Synonyms

  • booty
  • loot
  • pillage
  • plunder
  • boodle
  • prize

noun the political appointments or jobs that are at the disposal of those in power

Synonyms

  • patronage
  • pork

Synonyms for spoil

noun (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

Related Words

  • plural
  • plural form
  • stolen property

noun the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

Synonyms

  • spoiling
  • spoilage

Related Words

  • injury

noun the act of stripping and taking by force

Synonyms

  • despoilation
  • despoilment
  • despoliation
  • spoilation
  • spoliation

Related Words

  • pillaging
  • plundering
  • pillage

verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Synonyms

  • bobble
  • bodge
  • bollix
  • bollix up
  • bollocks
  • bollocks up
  • botch
  • botch up
  • bumble
  • bungle
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foul up
  • fuck up
  • louse up
  • mess up
  • mishandle
  • muck up
  • ball up
  • muff
  • screw up
  • fumble
  • blow

Related Words

  • go wrong
  • miscarry
  • fail

verb become unfit for consumption or use

Synonyms

  • go bad

Related Words

  • addle
  • curdle
  • decay

verb alter from the original

Synonyms

  • corrupt

Related Words

  • modify
  • adulterate
  • dilute
  • debase
  • load
  • stretch

verb treat with excessive indulgence

Synonyms

  • baby
  • cocker
  • coddle
  • cosset
  • featherbed
  • mollycoddle
  • pamper
  • indulge

Related Words

  • do by
  • treat
  • handle

verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

Synonyms

  • frustrate
  • queer
  • scotch
  • thwart
  • baffle
  • bilk
  • foil
  • cross

Related Words

  • disappoint
  • let down
  • foreclose
  • forestall
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • forbid
  • dash
  • short-circuit
  • ruin

verb have a strong desire or urge to do something

Synonyms

  • itch

Related Words

  • desire
  • want

verb destroy and strip of its possession

Synonyms

  • despoil
  • rape
  • plunder
  • violate

Related Words

  • ruin
  • destroy

verb make imperfect

Synonyms

  • mar
  • vitiate
  • deflower
  • impair

Related Words

  • damage
  • defile
  • sully
  • taint
  • corrupt
  • cloud
  • blemish
  • deface
  • disfigure
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