Thesaurus:spoil

Thesaurus

spoil

English

Verb

Sense: to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter

Synonyms

• crab (slang)
• ball up (dated, slang)
• blight
• bugger up (vulgar, UK & Commonwealth)
• dirty    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disrupt
• disturb
• fuck up (vulgar)
• jack up (vulgar)
• mar
• mess up
• pollute
• put a crimp in
• queer (dated, slang)
• ruin
• screw up (vulgar)
• sour    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spoil
• stain
• upset
• turn upside down (idiomatic)
• upset the applecart (idiomatic)

Antonyms

• aid
• cultivate
• foster
• nurture    [⇒ thesaurus]
• support    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sustain
• uphold
• prop up
• hold up
• bolster

Hyponyms

• cook someone's goose
• drive a coach and horses through
• put a damper on    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• hinder    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:spoilsport

Further reading

• “706. hindrance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “spoil” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.