spoiling

Plural: spoilings

Noun

• the process of becoming spoiled
• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
  • "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
• plunder; pillage

Verb

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin
• become unfit for consumption or use
• alter from the original
• treat with excessive indulgence
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• have a strong desire or urge to do something
  • "He is spoiling for a fight"
• destroy and strip of its possession
• make imperfect
• present participle and gerund of spoil

Synonyms

baby, baffle, ball up, bilk, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, cocker, coddle, corrupt, cosset, cross, deflower, despoil, featherbed, flub, fluff, foil, foul up, frustrate, fuck up, fumble, go bad, impair, indulge, itch, louse up, mar, mess up, mishandle, mollycoddle, muck up, muff, pamper, plunder, queer, rape, scotch, screw up, spoil, spoilage, thwart, violate, vitiate

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