Thesaurus:spoil

Thesaurus:spoil

THESAURUS

spoil

English

Synonyms

• bugger up (vulgar, UK & Commonwealth)

• dirty    [WS]

• disrupt

• disturb

• fuck up (vulgar)

• jack up (vulgar)

• mar

• mess up

• pollute

• put a crimp in

• queer (dated, slang)

• ruin

• screw up (vulgar)

• sour    [WS]

• spoil

• stain

• upset

• turn upside down (idiomatic)

• upset the applecart (idiomatic)

Antonyms

• aid

• cultivate

• foster

• nurture    [WS]

• support    [WS]

• sustain

• uphold

• prop up

• hold up

• bolster

Hyponyms

• cook someone's goose

• drive a coach and horses through

• put a damper on    [WS]

Hypernyms

• hinder    [WS]

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.