The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - spoil v.

1) ruin, destroy, wreck, queer, mess up, upset, demolish, harm, damage, Colloq kill: You really spoiled everything by telling Mum about my pet frog. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 2) damage, mar, injure, harm, deface, disfigure, scar, blemish: The painting was spoiled by some fanatic who slashed it. 3) baby, mollycoddle, coddle, indulge, pamper, dote on, spoonfeed, Rare cocker: Barbara really spoils her family terribly by indulging their every whim. 4) turn, go off or bad, curdle, moulder, decay, decompose, become addle(d) , rot, putrefy, mildew: The milk will spoil if not refrigerated. 5) be spoiling for. itch (for or after) , yearn (for) , be eager (for) , be keen (for) , look for, be bent on, be desirous of, crave, be after: If you give Tom a drink he'll be spoiling for a fight. Oh, I thought he was always spoiling for a fight. --n. 6) spoils. loot, booty, plunder, pillage, prizes, pickings, Slang swag, take, goods, boodle: The Nazis took the paintings as spoils of war.