n. 25B6; verb
too much sun spoils the complexion : MAR, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm; ruin, destroy, wreck; be a blot on the landscape; rare disfeature.
rain spoiled my plans : RUIN, wreck, destroy, upset, undo, mess up, make a mess of, dash, sabotage, scotch, torpedo; Brit. throw a spanner in the works of; informal foul up, louse up, muck up, screw up, put the kibosh on, banjax, do for; Brit. informal cock up, scupper; archaic bring to naught.
his sisters spoil him : OVERINDULGE, pamper, indulge, mollycoddle, cosset, coddle, baby, wait on hand and foot, kill with kindness; nanny; archaic cocker.
stockpiled food may spoil : GO BAD, go off, go rancid, turn, go sour, go mouldy, go rotten, rot, perish.
improve, enhance, further, help, neglect, be strict with, keep.
25A0; spoiling for EAGER FOR, looking for, keen to have, after, bent on, longing for; informal itching for.