Another word for spoil

spoil Synonyms

spoil

v.

To decay
decay, rot, decompose, become tainted; see decay.
To ruin
destroy, defile, plunder; see disgrace. See syn. study at decay, indulge, injure.

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Another word for spoil

verb

To become or cause to become rotten or unsound:
break down, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, taint, turn. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed. See better, thrive
To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:
bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack², wreck. (Slang) total. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See help
To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:
ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff. (Informal) bollix up, muck up. (Slang) blow¹, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu. Idiom: make a muck of. See correct, help
To treat with indulgence and often overtender care:
baby, cater, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper. See treat well
(Archaic)
To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war:
depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack², spoliate, strip¹. (Archaic) harrow. See crimes, give

noun

Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime.
Used in plural: booty, loot, pillage, plunder. (Slang) boodle. (Nautical) prize². See crimes, give
The political appointments or jobs that are at the disposal of those in power.
Used in plural: patronage. (Slang) pork. See politics