SPOIL


Meaning of SPOIL in English

I. noun

something taken from another by force or craft

gold, jewels, and paintings are often spoils of war

Synonyms: boodle, booty, loot, plunder, plunderage, prize, ||spreaghery, ||spulzie, swag

Related Word: acquisition, grab, haul, take; pickings, stealings; pillage, spoliation

II. verb

1.

Synonyms: ravage , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste

2.

Synonyms: injure 1, blemish, damage, harm, hurt, impair, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate

Related Word: ||snafu; ruin, wreck; demolish, destroy

3.

Synonyms: rape , defile, deflorate, deflower, force, outrage, ravish, violate

4.

Synonyms: baby , cater (to), cocker, coddle, cosset, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, ||much, pamper

Related Word: accommodate, favor, oblige

Idioms: spoil (one) rotten, spoil to death

5.

Synonyms: decay , break down, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, taint, turn

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус.