| spoil | | |
| n. (possession) | 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 one. |
| ~ stolen property | property that has been stolen. |
| n. (act) | 2. spoil, spoilage, spoiling | the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it.; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" |
| ~ injury | an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage. |
| n. (act) | 3. despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation | the act of stripping and taking by force. |
| ~ pillaging, plundering, pillage | the act of stealing valuable things from a place.; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" |
| v. (social) | 4. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, 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" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (change) | 5. go bad, spoil | become unfit for consumption or use.; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" |
| ~ addle | 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" |
| v. (change) | 6. corrupt, spoil | alter from the original. |
| ~ modify | 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" |
| v. (social) | 7. baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil | treat with excessive indulgence.; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| v. (social) | 8. baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" |
| ~ disappoint, 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" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. itch, spoil | have a strong desire or urge to do something.; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| v. (contact) | 10. despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate | destroy and strip of its possession.; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| v. (change) | 11. deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| ~ damage | 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" |
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