spoil

spoil · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

  2. 2.

    To become unfit for eating.

  3. 3.

    To harm the character of by excessive kindness.

  4. 4.

    [as noun, plural]Goods taken by force.

Related words

Antonyms: improve, preserve
See also: damage, pamper, ruin
Synonyms: damage, pamper, ruin

Etymology

From Old French espoillier ("to plunder"), from Latin spoliare.