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- DictionarySpoil/spoil/
verb
- 1. diminish or destroy the value or quality of: "I wouldn't want to spoil your fun"
- 2. harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent: "the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas"
noun
- 1. goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place: "the looters carried their spoils away"
- 2. waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation.
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Spoil can be a verb or a noun, with different meanings and synonyms. As a verb, it means to damage, impair, or plunder something. As a noun, it means plunder, loot, or spoiled goods. See examples, etymology, and usage of spoil in sentences.
Spoil means to damage, harm, or impair something or someone, or to plunder or pillage. It can also mean to pamper or spoil a child. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, examples, and idioms on Dictionary.com.
Learn the meaning of spoil as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, antonyms, and idioms. See how to use spoil in different contexts, such as destroying, treating well, or voting.
When you spoil something, you destroy it or ruin its quality. If you spoil a surprise, you tell the secret you were supposed to keep.
2 days ago · Learn the meaning and usage of the verb spoil and its related words, such as spoilt, spoils, and spoil for. Find out how to pronounce spoil in British and American English and see examples of spoil in sentences.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and grammar of the verb spoil, which can mean to change something good into something bad, to give a child too much, to make something bad, or to mark a ballot paper wrongly. See pictures, idioms and collocations with spoil.
to impair, damage, or harm the character or nature of (someone) by unwise treatment, excessive indulgence, etc.: to spoil a child by pampering him.
