Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spoil
5 of 7 senses of spoil
Sense 2
spoil, go bad
=> addle
=> curdle
Sense 3
corrupt, spoil
=> adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
Sense 5
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> dash
=> short-circuit
=> ruin
Sense 6
frustrate, spoil, thwart
=> disappoint, let down
Sense 7
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
=> deface, disfigure, blemish
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spoil
5 of 7 senses of spoil
Sense 2
spoil, go bad
=> addle
=> curdle
Sense 3
corrupt, spoil
=> adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
=> water down
=> sophisticate, doctor, doctor up
Sense 5
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> dash
=> short-circuit
=> ruin
=> undo
=> break
=> shipwreck
Sense 6
frustrate, spoil, thwart
=> disappoint, let down
=> fail betray
=> fall short, come short
=> disenchant, disillusion
Sense 7
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud
=> deface, disfigure, blemish
=> maul, mangle
=> scar, mark, pock, pit
=> pockmark
=> scarify
=> cicatrize
Entailment of verb spoil
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb spoil
7 senses of spoil
Sense 1
botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up
=> fail go wrong miscarry
Sense 2
spoil, go bad
=> decay
Sense 3
corrupt, spoil
=> modify
Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
Sense 5
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 6
frustrate, spoil, thwart
=> discourage
Sense 7
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> damage
Familiarity of verb spoil
spoil used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spoil
Sense 1
botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up
=> fail go wrong miscarry
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Sense 2
spoil, go bad
=> decay
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Sense 3
corrupt, spoil
=> modify
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Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
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Sense 5
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
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Sense 6
frustrate, spoil, thwart
=> discourage
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Sense 7
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> damage
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Grep of noun spoil
spoil
spoilables
spoilage
spoilation
spoiler
spoiling
spoils system
spoilsport
Overview of noun spoil
The noun spoil has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spoil -- ((usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy")
2. spoil, spoiling, spoilage -- (the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it "her spoiling my dress was deliberate")
3. spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoliation, despoilment -- (the act of stripping and taking by force)
Overview of verb spoil
The verb spoil has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up -- (make a mess of destroy or ruin)
2. (1) spoil, go bad -- (become unfit for consumption or use "the meat must be eaten before it spoils")
3. (1) corrupt, spoil -- (alter from the original)
4. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!")
5. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")
6. frustrate, spoil, thwart -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of)
7. mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate -- (make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty")
Grep of adj spoil
spoilable
spoiled
spoilt
Overview of noun spoil
The noun spoil has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spoil -- ((usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy")
2. spoil, spoiling, spoilage -- (the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it "her spoiling my dress was deliberate")
3. spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoliation, despoilment -- (the act of stripping and taking by force)
Overview of verb spoil
The verb spoil has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up -- (make a mess of destroy or ruin)
2. (1) spoil, go bad -- (become unfit for consumption or use "the meat must be eaten before it spoils")
3. (1) corrupt, spoil -- (alter from the original)
4. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!")
5. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")
6. frustrate, spoil, thwart -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of)
7. mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate -- (make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty")
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