spoil
verb, noun
verb (spoiled, spoiled )
1 [VN] to change sth good into sth bad, unpleasant, useless, etc.
SYN RUIN:
Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather. Don't let him spoil your evening. The tall buildings have spoiled the view. Don't eat too many nuts-you'll spoil your appetite (     will no longer be hungry at mealtime). (BrE) spoiled ballot papers (     not valid because not correctly marked) I won't tell you what happens in the last chapter-I don't want to spoil it for you.
2 [VN] to give a child everything that they ask for and not enough discipline in a way that has a bad effect on their character and behaviour:
She spoils those kids of hers.
3 [VN] ~ sb / yourself to make sb/yourself happy by doing sth special:
Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel? He really spoiled me on my birthday.
4 [V] (of food) to become bad so that it can no longer be eaten
IDIOMS
be spoiling for a fight to want to fight with sb very much
more at COOK n.
noun
1 (the spoils) [pl.] (formal or literary) goods stolen from a place by thieves or by an army that has won a battle or war:
the spoils of war / conquest The robbers divided up the spoils.
2 (spoils) [pl.] the profits or advantages that sb gets from being successful:
the spoils of high office The two teams shared the spoils with a 11 result.
3 [U] (technical) waste material that is brought up when a hole is dug, etc.

▼ Từ liên quan / Related words

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms: spoliation   spoilation   despoilation   despoilment   despoliation   spoiling   spoilage   mar   impair   deflower   vitiate   rape   despoil   violate   plunder   itch   thwart   queer   scotch   foil   cross   frustrate   baffle   bilk   pamper   featherbed   cosset   cocker   baby   coddle   mollycoddle   indulg