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spoil - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
spoil
Definition
(noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
Example Sentence
to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
Definition
(noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
Synonyms
:
spoilage
,
spoiling
Example Sentence
her spoiling my dress was deliberate
Definition
(noun) the act of stripping and taking by force
Synonyms
:
despoilation
,
despoilment
,
despoliation
,
spoilation
,
spoliation
Definition
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Synonyms
:
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
Example Sentence
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Definition
(verb) become unfit for consumption or use
Synonyms
:
go bad
Example Sentence
the meat must be eaten before it spoils
Definition
(verb) alter from the original
Synonyms
:
corrupt
Definition
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence
Synonyms
:
baby
,
cocker
,
coddle
,
cosset
,
featherbed
,
indulge
,
mollycoddle
,
pamper
Example Sentence
grandparents often pamper the children
Let's not mollycoddle our students!
Definition
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Synonyms
:
baffle
,
bilk
,
cross
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
queer
,
scotch
,
thwart
Example Sentence
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
foil your opponent
Definition
(verb) have a strong desire or urge to do something
Synonyms
:
itch
Example Sentence
She is itching to start the project
He is spoiling for a fight
Definition
(verb) destroy and strip of its possession
Synonyms
:
despoil
,
plunder
,
rape
,
violate
Example Sentence
The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Definition
(verb) make imperfect
Synonyms
:
deflower
,
impair
,
mar
,
vitiate
Example Sentence
nothing marred her beauty
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text: I JUST DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO SPOIL THAT.
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