SPOIL
/spɔɪl/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- noun (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war).
- noun the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it.
— synonyms: spoiling, spoilage
- 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
- verb become unfit for consumption or use.
— synonyms: go_bad
- verb alter from the original.
— synonyms: corrupt
- verb treat with excessive indulgence.
— synonyms: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge
- verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
— synonyms: thwart, queer, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
- verb have a strong desire or urge to do something.
— synonyms: itch
- verb destroy and strip of its possession.
— synonyms: rape, despoil, violate, plunder
- verb make imperfect.
— synonyms: mar, impair, deflower, vitiate
Examples
- “Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil.”
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