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1. spoil
verb. ['ˈspɔɪl'] make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
Synonyms
- screw up
- bollocks
- fumble
- botch up
- miscarry
- blow
- muck up
- bodge
- bollocks up
- mishandle
- go wrong
- bollix
- muff
- fuck up
- ball up
- flub
- fail
- botch
- bobble
- bumble
- fluff
- mess up
- bungle
- bollix up
- louse up
Antonyms
- ascend
- rise
- wasteful
- decriminalise
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
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Rhymes with Spoil
- statoil
- guilfoil
- embroil
- britoil
- uncoil
- recoil
- oleoyl
- lukoil
- gatoil
- oboyle
- o'boyle
- croyle
- broil
- toil
- soil
- royle
- roil
- moyle
- moyl
- hoyle
- foyle
- foil
- doyle
- coyle
- coile
- coil
- boyle
- boil
How do you pronounce spoil?
Pronounce spoil as spɔɪl.
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Sentences with spoil
1. Verb, base form
Kibble is easy to feed, easy to store and does not spoil quickly if kept dry.
2. Noun, singular or mass
People have been eating oysters long before refrigeration existed and fresh shellfish spoil very quickly in the summer.
3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Cutting back part way forces growth out at awkward angles that spoil the shape of the shrub.
Quotes about spoil
1. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
- Epicurus
2. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
- Epicurus
3. I look up to say something but he puts his finger to my lips and whispers, “Don’t talk. You’ll just spoil my fantasy of rescuing an innocent damsel in distress as soon as you open your mouth.
- Susan Ee, World After
2. spoil
verb. ['ˈspɔɪl'] become unfit for consumption or use.
Synonyms
- curdle
- go bad
- addle
Antonyms
- good-natured
- lengthwise
- uncross
- unfold
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
3. spoil
verb. ['ˈspɔɪl'] alter from the original.
Synonyms
- load
- stretch
- debase
- modify
- corrupt
- adulterate
Antonyms
- pass
- better
- ride
- arrange
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
4. spoil
verb. ['ˈspɔɪl'] treat with excessive indulgence.
Synonyms
- cosset
- cocker
- do by
- coddle
- mollycoddle
- baby
- pamper
- handle
- indulge
- featherbed
Antonyms
- bisexual
- uncover
- show
- clear up
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
5. spoil
verb. ['ˈspɔɪl'] make imperfect.
Synonyms
- sully
- damage
- disfigure
- impair
- taint
- mar
- blemish
- defile
- deflower
- corrupt
- vitiate
- deface
Antonyms
- confront
- attack
- admit
- let
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
6. spoil
verb. ['ˈspɔɪl'] have a strong desire or urge to do something.
Synonyms
- itch
- desire
Antonyms
- inelegance
- necessitate
- raise
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
7. spoil
noun. ['ˈspɔɪl'] the act of stripping and taking by force.
Synonyms
- spoliation
- despoilment
- plundering
- despoliation
- pillaging
- despoilation
- pillage
Antonyms
- understate
- inhale
- stay in place
- come
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
8. spoil
noun. ['ˈspɔɪl'] the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it.
Synonyms
- spoiling
- injury
Antonyms
- clean
- function
- stay
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
9. spoil
verb. ['ˈspɔɪl'] destroy and strip of its possession.
Synonyms
- destroy
- rape
- despoil
- plunder
- violate
Antonyms
- repair
- make
- success
- enrich
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)
10. spoil
noun. ['ˈspɔɪl'] (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war).
Antonyms
- keep track
Etymology
- espoillier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- spoliare (Latin)