spoil
Meaning of spoil
verb
- diminish or destroy the value or quality of.
I wouldn't want to spoil your fun
a series of political blunders spoilt their chances of being re-elected
- harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent.
the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas
- be extremely or aggressively eager for.
Cooper was spoiling for a fight
- rob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence.
the enemy entered into Hereford, spoiled and fired the city, and razed the walls to the ground
- goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.
the looters carried their spoils away
- waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation.
colliery spoil
Middle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.
Information about spoil
- The plural form of spoil is: spoils.
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Hyphenation of spoil
spoil
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- spoil is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
spoil synonyms
Meaning spoiling:
Meaning spoliation:
spoliation, spoilation, despoilment, despoliation
Meaning botch:
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, muff, blow, flub, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollocks, bobble, mishandle
Meaning corrupt:
Meaning pamper:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge
Meaning thwart:
thwart, queer, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
Meaning itch:
Meaning rape:
rape, despoil, violate, plunder
Meaning mar:
mar, impair, deflower, vitiate
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning spoil the appearance or quality of (something):
Meaning spoil the appearance of:
Meaning have a severely detrimental effect on:
Meaning mar, weaken, or invalidate (something):
Meaning spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it:
Meaning mark with a scar or scars:
Meaning harm or impair (something):
Meaning physically injure:
Meaning cause great and usually irreparable damage or harm to; have a disastrous effect on:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning spoil completely:
Meaning gratify the wishes of (someone) to an excessive extent:
Meaning be overprotective towards:
Meaning look after or be overprotective towards:
Meaning in the time following (an event or another period of time):
Meaning valuable stolen goods, especially those seized in war:
Meaning private property taken from an enemy in war:
Meaning a quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally:
Meaning profits or gains that are made effortlessly or dishonestly:
Meaning the action or process of taking something:
Meaning a curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve:
Meaning money, especially that gained or spent illegally or improperly:
Meaning an advantage or profit gained from something:
Meaning a condition or circumstance that puts one in a favourable or superior position:
Meaning become or make more cheerful, lively, or interesting:
Meaning a benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one's job or position:
Meaning a provision made for the maintenance of the younger children of kings and princes, consisting of a gift of land, an official position, or money:
spoil antonyms
Meaning make or become better:
Meaning intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of:
Meaning fail to care for properly:
Translation of spoil
- German: verderben, verwöhnen, verziehen, durchkreuzen, vereiteln, unterlaufen
- French: gâter, contrecarrer, contrarier
- Spanish: consentir, malcriar, evitar, anular, estropear, abortar, dificultar, impedir, frustrar, malograr
- Italian: impedire, frustrare, ostacolare
- Portuguese: frustrar, contrariar
Anagrams of spoil
Words that rhyme with spoil
poil, Sanpoil, despoil, prespoil, unspoil
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