spoil

Meanings

• (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
  • "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
  • "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
• the act of stripping and taking by force
• make a mess of, destroy or ruin
• become unfit for consumption or use
  • "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
• alter from the original
• treat with excessive indulgence
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• have a strong desire or urge to do something
  • "He is spoiling for a fight"
• destroy and strip of its possession
• make imperfect

Synonyms

baby, baffle, ball up, bilk, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, cocker, coddle, corrupt, cosset, cross, deflower, despoil, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, featherbed, flub, fluff, foil, foul up, frustrate, fuck up, fumble, go bad, impair, indulge, itch, louse up, mar, mess up, mishandle, mollycoddle, muck up, muff, pamper, plunder, queer, rape, scotch, screw up, spoilage, spoilation, spoiling, spoliation, thwart, violate, vitiate