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Noun (2 meanings)

1. the process of becoming spoiled.

spoilage, spoiling

spoiling is a type of:
  • decay (noun) - the process of gradually becoming inferior
types of spoiling:
spoiling is derivationally related to:
  • to spoil, go bad (verb) - become unfit for consumption or use

2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it.

spoil, spoiling, spoilage

Example:
  • “her spoiling my dress was deliberate”
spoiling is a type of:
  • injury (noun) - an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
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» spoil

Words people most associate with “spoil”:

  1. rotten,
  2. rot,
  3. ruin,
  4. milk,
  5. wreck

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Noun (3 meanings)

1. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war).

spoil

Example:
  • “to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy”
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2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it.

spoil, spoiling, spoilage

Example:
  • “her spoiling my dress was deliberate”
spoil is a type of:
  • injury (noun) - an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
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3. the act of stripping and taking by force.

spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation

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Verb (8 meanings)

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

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

Examples:
  • “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”,
  • “the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement”
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2. become unfit for consumption or use.

to spoil, go bad

Example:
  • “the meat must be eaten before it spoils”
to spoil is a way to:
  • to decay (verb) - undergo decay or decomposition
ways to spoil:
  • to addle (verb) - become rotten
  • to curdle (verb) - go bad or sour
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3. alter from the original.

to corrupt, spoil

to spoil is a way to:
  • to modify (verb) - make less severe or harsh or extreme
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  • spoliation (noun) - (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

4. treat with excessive indulgence.

to pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge

Examples:
  • “grandparents often pamper the children”,
  • “Let's not mollycoddle our students!”
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5. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.

to thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk

Examples:
  • “What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge”,
  • “foil your opponent”
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ways to spoil:
  • to dash (verb) - destroy or break
  • to disappoint, let down (verb) - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
  • to ruin (verb) - destroy or cause to fail
  • to short-circuit (verb) - hamper the progress of
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6. have a strong desire or urge to do something.

to itch, spoil

Examples:
  • “She is itching to start the project”,
  • “He is spoiling for a fight”
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  • to desire, want (verb) - feel or have a desire for
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  • urge, itch (noun) - a strong restless desire

7. destroy and strip of its possession.

to rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder

Example:
  • “The soldiers raped the beautiful country”
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8. make imperfect.

to mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate

Example:
  • “nothing marred her beauty”
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  • to damage (verb) - inflict damage upon
ways to spoil:
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  • blemish, defect, mar (noun) - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
  • defloration (noun) - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something
  • impairer (noun) - an agent that impairs
  • impairment (noun) - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
  • spoil, spoiling, spoilage (noun) - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it