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Results for: "spoil"

Translating from English to Welsh

Translations:

spoil — to ruin
→ difetha
→ andwyo

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (3)

1. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war);
- Example: "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"

2. the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it;
- Example: "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
[syn: spoil, spoiling, spoilage]

3. the act of stripping and taking by force;
[syn: spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation]


VERB (8)

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
- Example: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
- Example: "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
[syn: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]

2. become unfit for consumption or use;
- Example: "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
[syn: spoil, go bad]

3. alter from the original;
[syn: corrupt, spoil]

4. treat with excessive indulgence;
- Example: "grandparents often pamper the children"
- Example: "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
[syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]

5. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
- Example: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
- Example: "foil your opponent"
[syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk]

6. have a strong desire or urge to do something;
- Example: "She is itching to start the project"
- Example: "He is spoiling for a fight"
[syn: itch, spoil]

7. destroy and strip of its possession;
- Example: "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
[syn: rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder]

8. make imperfect;
- Example: "nothing marred her beauty"
[syn: mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate]