Spoil

//spɔɪl//

Synonyms for "spoil" (329 found)

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Closest matches (66)

Verb(29 words)

ball up botch bumble bungle coddle corrupt foil fuck up indulge mar mess up mishandle mollycoddle pamper queer screw up vitiate baby baffle bilk

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blight blow bobble bodge bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up botch up

botch coddle corrupt damage mar pamper thwart abuse accommodate acquisition adore appease appropriate baby baffle balk be after be all thumbs be desirous of be spoiling for

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bitch blackmail blast blemish blight blot blunder blunder away blunder into blunder on blunder upon boggle boodle booty brave break down

Noun(1 words)

booty

Strong matches (99)

Related words (164)

gangrene gangue give way to go go bad go off go to pieces goods grab graft gratify gut harm hash haul hot goods humor hurt impair indulge

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Noun(9 words)

gangue pelf prey slag spoilage spoilation spoiling spoliation tailings

Verb(24 words)

go bad impair itch jack up louse up mommick muck up muff plunder pollute put a crimp in rape ruin scotch soil sour stain sully thwart turn upside down

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undo upset upset the applecart violate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

25 entries

aggravate damage decay desire destroy do by fail forbid foreclose forestall go wrong handle hinder injury miscarry modify

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More specific

6 entries

blunt cook someone's goose dirty drive a coach and horses through dull put a damper on

Synonyms

10 entries

botch coddle corrupt damage gangue itch mar pamper rape thwart

Related terms

7 entries

despoil spoilage spoils of war spoilsport spoilt too many cooks spoil the broth

derived

20 entries

Q-spoil one bad apple can spoil the barrel one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch spare the rod and spoil the child spoil heap spoil market spoil somebody rotten spoil someone rotten spoil the market spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar spoil-paper spoiler spoilfive spoiling for a fight spoilsport

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is a

3 entries

injury plundering stolen property

manner of

1 entries

decay

related to

28 entries

armour arms carry coddle damage decay deprive despoil dredge excavation invalid mining pamper pillage plunder rancid

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Translations

289 translations across 54 languages.

Ancient Greek

4 entries

λάφυρα noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
σκῦλα noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
ἕλωρ noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
φθείρω verb (to ruin)

Arabic

4 entries

أَفْسَدَ verb (to ruin)
دَلَّلَ verb (to coddle or pamper)
زَنِخَ verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
غَنَّجَ verb (to coddle or pamper)

Armenian

4 entries

երես տալ verb (to coddle or pamper)
լկստացնել verb (to coddle or pamper)
լկստել verb (to coddle or pamper)
փչացնել verb (to ruin)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

korlamaq verb (to ruin)

Bulgarian

4 entries

плячка noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
трофе́й noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
обирам verb (to strip)
ограбвам verb (to strip)

Catalan

4 entries

consentir verb (to coddle or pamper)
espatllar verb (to ruin)
espoliar verb (to strip)
fer malbé verb (to ruin)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏲᎦ verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
ᎠᏲᏍᏗᎭ verb (to ruin)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

劇透 /剧透 verb (to reveal the ending of)
損傷 /损伤 verb (to ruin)
損壞 /损坏 verb (to ruin)
溺愛 /溺爱 verb (to coddle or pamper)

Czech

4 entries

kořist noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
lup noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
rozmazlit verb (to coddle or pamper)
zhatit verb (to ruin)

Danish

1 entries

fordærve verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Dutch

4 entries

buit noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
bederven verb (to coddle or pamper)
bederven verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
verbrodden verb (to ruin)

Esperanto

2 entries

malkaŝi verb (to reveal the ending of)
riveli verb (to reveal the ending of)

Estonian

1 entries

rikkuma verb (to ruin)

Finnish

4 entries

jätemaa noun (material moved)
jätemassa noun (material moved)
louhe noun (material moved)
ruoppausmassa noun (material moved)

French

4 entries

butin noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
dépouilles noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
dévoiler verb (to reveal the ending of)
gâcher verb (to ruin)

Galician

4 entries

agrear verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
ameiroar verb (to coddle or pamper)
aprouguer verb (to coddle or pamper)
aprouver verb (to coddle or pamper)

Georgian

1 entries

ნადავლი noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)

German

4 entries

Abraum noun (material moved)
Aushub noun (material moved)
Beute noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
Schotter noun (material moved)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to ruin)

Greek

4 entries

λάφυρο noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
λεία noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
μπάζα noun (material moved)
αλλοιώνομαι verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

gate verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Hebrew

4 entries

שָׁלָל noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
הִתְקַלְקֵל verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
פינק verb (to coddle or pamper)
קִלְקֵל verb (to ruin)

Hungarian

4 entries

zsákmány noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
elkényeztet verb (to coddle or pamper)
elmondja/elárulja a végét verb (to reveal the ending of)
elprédál verb (to strip)

Ido

1 entries

domajar verb (to ruin)

Indonesian

2 entries

manja verb (to coddle or pamper)
memanjakan verb (to coddle or pamper)

Ingrian

3 entries

pilahua verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
pilahussa verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
raisata verb (to coddle or pamper)

Irish

4 entries

aicseam noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
slad noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
loit verb (to ruin)
loit verb (to coddle or pamper)

Italian

4 entries

bottino noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
andare a male verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
rovinare verb (to ruin)
viziare verb (to coddle or pamper)

Japanese

4 entries

利権 noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
廃棄物 noun (material moved)
略奪品 noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
こわす verb (to ruin)

Korean

1 entries

망치다 verb (to ruin)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡠᠪᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Marathi

2 entries

खराब होणे verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
बिघडवणे verb (to coddle or pamper)

Māori

4 entries

parakete noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
kōpeka verb (to ruin)
whakapirau verb (to ruin)
whakapirau verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Nepali

1 entries

उमाल्नु verb (to coddle or pamper)

North Frisian

1 entries

ferdiirwe verb (to ruin)

Norwegian

1 entries

forderve verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

تاراج noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
غنیمت noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
پلاچقه noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
چاپول noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)

Polish

2 entries

psuć verb (to ruin)
zepsuć verb (to ruin)

Portuguese

4 entries

butim noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
espólio noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
pilhagem noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
saque noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)

Romanian

4 entries

pradă noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
steril noun (material moved)
dezvălui verb (to reveal the ending of)
distruge verb (to ruin)

Russian

4 entries

трофе́й noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
ба́ловать verb (to coddle or pamper)
балова́ть verb (to coddle or pamper)
изба́ловать verb (to coddle or pamper)

Sicilian

3 entries

passari verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
peddiri verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
sbinnari verb (to ruin)

Slovak

1 entries

skaziť sa verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Spanish

4 entries

botín noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
despojo noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
despojo noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
expolio noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)

Swedish

4 entries

byte noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
fördärva verb (to ruin)
fördärva verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
skämma bort verb (to coddle or pamper)

Tagalog

1 entries

konsentihin verb (to coddle or pamper)

Tajik

1 entries

лухсидан verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Tamil

1 entries

பாழ் verb (to ruin)

Thai

4 entries

ของโจร noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
ชิง verb (to strip)
ตามใจ verb (to coddle or pamper)
ทำลาย verb (to ruin)

Turkish

4 entries

yağma noun (plunder taken from an enemy or victim)
bozmak verb (to ruin)
bozulmak verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)
mahvetmek verb (to ruin)

Ukrainian

1 entries

псува́ти verb (to ruin)

Welsh

3 entries

rwbel noun (material moved)
andwyo verb (to ruin)
difetha verb (to ruin)

West-Frisian

1 entries

bedjerre verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Zazaki

2 entries

alıznen verb (to ruin)
hermiyen verb (to become sour or rancid, to decay)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.

Source: tatoeba (44947)

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Source: tatoeba (63463)

Don't spoil the children.

Source: tatoeba (245794)

Don't spoil your child.

Source: tatoeba (246010)

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