spoil
- verb (v)
Meaning: ruin, hurt
Synonyms:
blemish
damage
debase
deface
defile
demolish
depredate
desecrate
desolate
despoil
destroy
devastate
disfigure
disgrace
harm
impair
injure
make useless
mar
mess up
muck up
pillage
plunder
prejudice
ravage
sack
smash
spoliate
squash
take apart
tarnish
trash
undo
upset
vitiate
waste
wreck
Antonyms:
help
- verb (v)
Meaning: baby, indulge
Synonyms:
accommodate
cater to
coddle
cosset
favor
humor
kill with kindness
mollycoddle
oblige
overindulge
pamper
spoon-feed
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