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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
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I spoil | you spoil | he/she/it spoils | we spoil | you spoil | they spoil |
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I spoiled/spoilt | you spoiled/spoilt | he/she/it spoiled/spoilt | we spoiled/spoilt | you spoiled/spoilt | they spoiled/spoilt |
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I am spoiling | you are spoiling | he/she/it is spoiling | we are spoiling | you are spoiling | they are spoiling |
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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 |
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I was spoiling | you were spoiling | he/she/it was spoiling | we were spoiling | you were spoiling | they were spoiling |
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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 |
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I will spoil | you will spoil | he/she/it will spoil | we will spoil | you will spoil | they will spoil |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would spoil | you would spoil | he/she/it would spoil | we would spoil | you would spoil | they would spoil |
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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 | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | 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" | Verb | 1. | spoil - 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 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) 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" |
spoilverb1. 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, augment2. 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 to3. 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.spoilverb1. 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.Translationsspoil (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
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. spoilMaterial from excavating or dredging.MedicalSeedecompositionSPOIL
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Synonyms for spoilverb ruinSynonyms- 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 overindulgeSynonyms- 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 indulgeSynonyms- indulge
- treat
- pamper
- satisfy
- gratify
- pander to
- regale
verb go badSynonyms- go bad
- turn
- go off
- rot
- decay
- decompose
- curdle
- mildew
- addle
- putrefy
- become tainted
noun bootySynonyms- booty
- loot
- plunder
- gain
- prizes
- prey
- pickings
- pillage
- swag
- boodle
- rapine
Synonyms for spoilverb to become or cause to become rotten or unsoundSynonyms- break down
- decay
- decompose
- deteriorate
- disintegrate
- molder
- putrefy
- rot
- taint
- turn
verb to cause the complete ruin or wreckage ofSynonyms- 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 messSynonyms- 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 careSynonyms- baby
- cater
- coddle
- cosset
- indulge
- mollycoddle
- overindulge
- pamper
verb to rob of goods by force, especially in time of warSynonyms- depredate
- despoil
- havoc
- loot
- pillage
- plunder
- ransack
- rape
- ravage
- sack
- spoliate
- strip
- harrow
noun goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartimeSynonyms- booty
- loot
- pillage
- plunder
- boodle
- prize
noun the political appointments or jobs that are at the disposal of those in powerSynonymsSynonyms for spoilnoun (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 itSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the act of stripping and taking by forceSynonyms- despoilation
- despoilment
- despoliation
- spoilation
- spoliation
Related Words- pillaging
- plundering
- pillage
verb make a mess of, destroy or ruinSynonyms- 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 Wordsverb become unfit for consumption or useSynonymsRelated Wordsverb alter from the originalSynonymsRelated Words- modify
- adulterate
- dilute
- debase
- load
- stretch
verb treat with excessive indulgenceSynonyms- baby
- cocker
- coddle
- cosset
- featherbed
- mollycoddle
- pamper
- indulge
Related Wordsverb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) ofSynonyms- 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 somethingSynonymsRelated Wordsverb destroy and strip of its possessionSynonyms- despoil
- rape
- plunder
- violate
Related Wordsverb make imperfectSynonymsRelated Words- damage
- defile
- sully
- taint
- corrupt
- cloud
- blemish
- deface
- disfigure
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