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.

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