SPOIL
Scrabble letter values: S1P3O1I1L1 = 7
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
- “to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy”
- “her spoiling my dress was deliberate”
- “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”