| Sounds | spoy'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | airfoil ... uncoil: 21 rhymes with oyl... | |
| Meaning | (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy" | |
| Broader | stolen property | Property that has been stolen |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | botín, despojo, presa | |
| Catalan | botí, presa | |
| Verbs | spoil | destroy and strip of its possession |
| Meaning | The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" | |
| Synonyms | spoiling, spoilage | |
| Broader | injury | An act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage |
| Verbs | spoil | make imperfect |
| spoil | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | |
| Meaning | The act of stripping and taking by force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation | |
| Broader | plundering, pillage, pillaging | The act of stealing valuable things from a place |
| Spanish | despojo, expoliación, expolio | |
| Catalan | despullament, espoliació | |
| Verbs | spoil | destroy and strip of its possession |
| Meaning | make a mess of, destroy or ruin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | |
| Broader | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
| Spanish | apelotonar, arruinar, cagarla, chapucear, estropear, joderla, pifiar | |
| Catalan | arruïnar, cagar-la, esguerrar, espatllar, espifiar, fer barroerament, fotre | |
| Nouns | spoil, spoiling, spoilage | the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it |
| Meaning | Become unfit for consumption or use. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" | |
| Synonym | go bad | |
| Narrower | addle | Become rotten |
| curdle | go bad or sour | |
| Broader | decay | Undergo decay or decomposition |
| Spanish | estropearse | |
| Catalan | fer-se malbé | |
| Nouns | spoilage, spoiling | the process of becoming spoiled |
| Meaning | Alter from the original. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | corrupt | |
| Narrower | load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase | Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance |
| Broader | modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme / extreme |
| Spanish | corromper | |
| Catalan | corrompre | |
| Nouns | spoliation | (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence |
| Meaning | treat with excessive indulgence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge | |
| Broader | treat, handle, do by | interact in a certain way |
| Spanish | consentir, malcriar, mimar | |
| Catalan | amanyagar, amoixar, contemplar | |
| Nouns | spoiler | someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence |
| Meaning | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | thwart, queer, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | |
| Narrower | dash | Destroy or break |
| disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | |
| ruin | Destroy or cause to fail | |
| short-circuit | hamper the progress of | |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Spanish | contrariar, defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, estropear, frustrar | |
| Catalan | defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, frustrar, trastornar | |
| Meaning | Have a strong desire or urge to do something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "He is spoiling for a fight" | |
| Synonym | itch | |
| Broader | desire, want | Feel or have a desire for |
| Meaning | Destroy and strip of its possession. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | rape, despoil, violate, plunder | |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Spanish | despojar, saquear | |
| Catalan | saquejar | |
| Nouns | spoil, spoliation, spoilation | the act of stripping and taking by force |
| spoil | (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) | |
| Meaning | make imperfect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mar, impair, deflower, vitiate | |
| Narrower | deface, disfigure, blemish | mar or spoil the appearance of |
| defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
| Spanish | arruinar, desflorar, deteriorar, estropear, macular, manchar, viciar | |
| Catalan | deteriorar, espatllar, macular, tacar | |
| Nouns | spoil | the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it |
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