spoil in English

noun

1

goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

the looters carried their spoils away

2

waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation.

It also looks at how existing spoil heaps are being leveled and landscaped.

verb

1

diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

synonyms: mar, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm, ruin, destroy, wreck, be a blot on the landscape

2

harm the character of (a child) by being too lenient or indulgent.

the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas

synonyms: overindulge, pamper, indulge, mollycoddle, cosset, coddle, baby, wait on hand and foot, kill with kindness, nanny

3

be extremely or aggressively eager for.

Cooper was spoiling for a fight

4

rob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence.

noun

spoiling, spoilage
despoliation, spoliation, despoilment

verb

mar, ruin, overindulge, go bad, muff, featherbed, impair, corrupt, despoil, cross, itch
mar, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm, ruin, destroy, wreck, be a blot on the landscape
ruin, wreck, destroy, upset, undo, mess up, make a mess of, dash, sabotage, scotch, torpedo, foul up, louse up, muck up, screw up, put the kibosh on, scuttle, do for, throw a (monkey) wrench in the works of, deep-six, bring to naught
overindulge, pamper, indulge, mollycoddle, cosset, coddle, baby, wait on hand and foot, kill with kindness, nanny
go bad, go off, go rancid, turn, go sour, go moldy, go rotten, rot, perish
muff, bungle, mess up, botch, mishandle, bodge, botch up, flub, screw up, fluff, bumble, louse up, fumble, bollix, blow, bollocks, muck up, fuck up, ball up, bobble, foul up
featherbed, cocker, indulge, coddle, mollycoddle, baby, cosset, pamper
impair, mar, deflower, vitiate
corrupt
go bad
despoil, rape, violate, plunder
cross, baffle, foil, queer, scotch, frustrate, thwart, bilk
itch

Use "spoil" in a sentence

1. Spoil sport.

2. Now, don't spoil it.

3. You spoil her.

4. You spoil them, Cliff.

5. Making widows their spoil

6. Overacting will only spoil the effect.

7. Spare the rod, spoil the child.

8. David’s regulation on spoil (23, 24)

9. Don't let him spoil your evening.

10. Some kinds of food soon spoil.

11. Please, let's not spoil this great occasion.

12. Roasted Berries spoil twice as fast as

13. Such bad association does spoil useful habits.

14. Other youths can spoil your Christian habits

15. Too many cooks spoil the broth. 

16. They spoil their only grandson very much.

17. I don't want to spoil your fun.

18. Frosts spoil the last of the flowers.

19. Well, don't spoil them like you did Debbie.

20. As those who joyfully divide up the spoil.

21. Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer.

22. Don't spoil your appetite by eating between meals.

23. I shall not let it spoil my performance.

24. We didn't let the incident spoil our day.

25. Your father didn't want to spoil you.

26. I will not spoil you like mom!

27. His mother and sisters spoil him rotten .

28. Your present behaviour would spoil your future.

29. I won't detain you and spoil your fun.

30. I will divide spoil until I am* satisfied!

31. Than to share the spoil of the haughty.

32. Too many cooks spoil the broth, you know.

33. Don't eat that cake now; you'll spoil your appetite.

34. Go on, spoil yourself. Have another piece of cake.

35. Don't spoil your appetite by eating sweets between meals.

36. It would be a pity to spoil the surprise.

37. A spot on a collar can spoil a betrothal.

38. An exaggerated use of Agogics can spoil a phrase

39. They were afraid I'd warn you, spoil their plans.

40. I wouldn't want to spoil your fun, Mr. Cheapskate.

41. We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid.

42. 16 Paul wrote: “Bad associations spoil useful habits.”

43. Don't let the bad weather spoil your holiday.

44. She didn't want to spoil this magic moment.

45. Yet several things could conspire to spoil that cooperation.

46. Although it was drizzling, it didn't spoil our fun.

47. Because the scandal would spoil your chances for a promotion?

48. You do know how to spoil a girl, Mr. Watson.

49. 11 Go on, spoil yourself. Have another piece of cake.

50. Anchovies spoil faster than any other fish I know of