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Definitions for Spoil

[1] to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
[2] to diminish or impair the quality of; affect detrimentally: Bad weather spoiled their vacation.
[3] to impair, damage, or harm the character or nature of (someone) by unwise treatment, excessive indulgence, etc.: to spoil a child by pampering him.
[4] Archaic . to strip (persons, places, etc.) of goods, valuables, etc.; plunder; pillage; despoil.
[5] Archaic . to take or seize by force.
[6] to become bad, or unfit for use, as food or other perishable substances; become tainted or putrid: Milk spoils if not refrigerated.
[7] to plunder, pillage, or rob.
[8] Often spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
[9] the act of plundering.
[10] an object of plundering.
[11] Usually spoils. the emoluments and advantages of public office viewed as won by a victorious political party: the spoils of office. prizes won or treasures accumulated: a child's spoils brought home from a party.
[12] waste material, as that which is cast up in mining, excavating, quarrying, etc.
[13] an imperfectly made object, damaged during the manufacturing process.
[14] be spoiling for , Informal . to be very eager for; be desirous of: It was obvious that he was spoiling for a fight.
[15] (tr) to cause damage to (something), in regard to its value, beauty, usefulness, etc
[16] (tr) to weaken the character of (a child) by complying unrestrainedly with its desires
[17] (intr) (of perishable substances) to become unfit for consumption or use the fruit must be eaten before it spoils
[18] (intr) sport to disrupt the play or style of an opponent, as to prevent him from settling into a rhythm
[19] archaic to strip (a person or place) of (property or goods) by force or violence
[20] be spoiling for to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)
[21] waste material thrown up by an excavation
[22] any treasure accumulated by a person this gold ring was part of the spoil
[23] obsolete the act of plundering a strategically placed building, city, etc, captured as plunder

Words related to Spoil

harm, mar, devastate, wreck, tarnish, upset, undo, impair, destroy, taint, deface, defile, desolate, disgrace, sack, debase, injure, damage, ravage, desecrate

Words nearby Spoil

spode, spodogenous, spodosol, spodumene, spohr, spoil, spoil bank, spoil for, spoil ground, spoilage, spoiled priest

Origin of Spoil

1300–50; (v.) Middle English spoilen < Old French espoillier < Latin spoliāre to despoil, equivalent to spoli(um ) booty + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) derivative of the v. or < Old French espoille, derivative of espoillier

Other words from Spoil

spoil·a·ble , adjective
spoil·less , adjective
un·spoil·a·ble , adjective
un·spoiled , adjective

Word origin for Spoil

C13: from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre to strip, from spolium booty

Synonyms for Spoil

destroy, devastate, harm, impair, mar, tarnish, undo, upset, wreck, blemish, damage, debase, deface, defile, demolish, desecrate, desolate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, injure, pillage, plunder, prejudice, ravage, sack, smash, squash, trash, vitiate, waste, depredate, make useless, mess up, muck up, spoliate, take apart