- verbspoil (verb) · spoils (third person present) · spoilt (past tense) · spoilt (past participle) · spoiled (past tense) · spoiled (past participle) · spoiling (present participle)
- diminish or destroy the value or quality of:"I wouldn't want to spoil your fun" · "a series of political blunders spoiled their chances of being re-elected"
- prevent someone from enjoying (an occasion or event):"she was afraid of spoiling Christmas for the rest of the family"
- BRITISH ENGLISHmark (a ballot paper) incorrectly so as to make one's vote invalid, especially as a gesture of protest:"the group called on its supporters to spoil their papers"
- (of food) become unfit for eating:"I've got some ham that'll spoil if we don't eat it tonight"
- harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent:"the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas"
- treat with great or excessive kindness, consideration, or generosity:"breakfast in bed—you're spoiling me!"
- (be spoiling for)be extremely or aggressively eager for:"Cooper was spoiling for a fight"
- archaicrob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence:"the enemy entered into Hereford, spoiled and fired the city, and razed the walls to the ground"
nounspoil (noun) · spoils (plural noun)- (spoils)goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place:"the looters carried their spoils away"
- waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
- harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent:
- be extremely or aggressively eager for:
- rob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence:
noun- goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place:
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- Spoil has two meanings12:
- To damage or ruin something, making it unable to be used or enjoyed.
- When referring to children, it means to let them have anything they want or do anything they want, which can lead to bad behavior.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.to damage or ruin; make unable to be used or enjoyed.kids.wordsmyth.net/we/?rid=39921&ent_l=spoilspoil verb (CHILD) If you spoil a child, you let them have anything they want or do anything they want, usually making them badly behaved.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/… Spoil Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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