spoil
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
Types & categories
- stolen property hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
Types & categories
- miscarry hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
her spoiling my dress was deliberate
Types & categories
- injury hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
become unfit for consumption or use
the meat must be eaten before it spoils
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- spoiling derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of stripping and taking by force
Types & categories
- plundering hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
alter from the original
Types & categories
- modify hypernym
- adulterate hyponym
Related & opposite
- spoliation derivation
Sense 7 verb
treat with excessive indulgence
grandparents often pamper the children
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- indulging derivation
- baby derivation
- mollycoddle derivation
- pamperer derivation
Sense 8 verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
Types & categories
- foreclose hypernym
- disappoint hyponym
- dash hyponym
- short-circuit hyponym
- ruin hyponym
Related & opposite
- double cross also see
- thwarting derivation
- frustration derivation
- frustration derivation
- obstructor derivation
- crown of thorns derivation
- thwarting derivation
Sense 9 verb
have a strong desire or urge to do something
She is itching to start the project
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
Related & opposite
- itch derivation
Sense 10 verb
destroy and strip of its possession
The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Types & categories
- ruin hypernym
Related & opposite
- plundering derivation
- rapine derivation
- spoilation derivation
- spoil derivation
Sense 11 verb
make imperfect
nothing marred her beauty
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- impairment derivation
- defloration derivation
- spoil derivation
- blemish derivation
- impairer derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rape |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stolen property |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballup |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screwup |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoil |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuckup |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | miscarry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mar |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bobble |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | injury |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoiling |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | decay |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | addle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | curdle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rape |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | foray |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | plundering |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoliation |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | modify |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | adulterate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | indulging |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | baby |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollycoddle |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | pamperer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |
| 8 | also see | Related & opposite | double cross |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstructor |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | crown of thorns |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreclose |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | disappoint |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | short-circuit |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | itch |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | plundering |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | rapine |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoilation |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoil |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | impairment |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | defloration |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoil |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | blemish |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | impairer |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | damage |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | defile |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | blemish |