Thesaurus / spoiling
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synonyms for spoiling
- humor
- pamper
- oblige
- cosset
- accommodate
- favor
- mollycoddle
- overindulge
- coddle
- spoon-feed
- cater to
- kill with kindness
- taint
- mildew
- curdle
- crumble
- turn
- molder
- disintegrate
- putrefy
- rot
- addle
- decompose
- deteriorate
- go off
- become tainted
- become useless
- break down
- go bad
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How to use spoiling in a sentence
I was spoiled as a boy, and my Maggie carried on the spoiling, by never letting me feel its effects.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEHe thought, in fact, that Daphne was spoiling the dear nondescript old place, and he knew that the neighbourhood thought so too.
MARRIAGE LA MODEMRS. HUMPHRY WARD"Eric has a mind to pay them for nigh spoiling a wedding voyage," quoth our Norseman.
A PRINCE OF CORNWALLCHARLES W. WHISTLERIt certainly felt warm enough to the men on deck, who were "spoiling for a fight," when the lookout aloft announced two sails.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSBut I am not going to be hoodwinked by the thirty thousand francs to be made by spoiling good canvas.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKETHONORE DE BALZACThis manner of cooling is especially adapted to camping parties and will prevent sloppy butter, sour milk and spoiling fruit.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUS"My time is yours, gentlemen," he said; and Hatch jumped in like a man fairly spoiling for a fight.
THE WRECKERSFRANCIS LYNDEAs the holder is on the under side of the bench, there is little danger of any liquid or other substance spoiling the sheets.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUSIn some families great loss is sustained by the spoiling of meat.
A POETICAL COOK-BOOKMARIA J. MOSSHundreds waited as I did, preferring the additional fatigue of standing herded almost to suffocation to spoiling their clothes.
PARIS VISTASHELEN DAVENPORT GIBBONSWORDS RELATED TO SPOILING
- abasement
- adulteration
- atrophy
- corrosion
- crumbling
- debasement
- decadence
- decaying
- declension
- declination
- decline
- decomposition
- degradation
- degringolade
- depreciation
- descent
- devaluation
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- dislocation
- disrepair
- downfall
- downgrade
- downturn
- drop
- fall
- lapse
- lessening
- perversion
- retrogression
- rotting
- ruin
- slump
- spoiling
- vitiation
- worsening
- accommodating
- amenable
- benign
- biddable
- charitable
- clement
- compassionate
- compliant
- condoning
- deceivable
- deludable
- dupable
- easygoing
- excusing
- exploitable
- fleeceable
- flexible
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- gullible
- humoring
- indulgent
- kindly
- lax
- lenient
- liberal
- light
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- naive
- pampering
- pardoning
- soft
- spoiling
- submissive
- susceptible
- sympathetic
- temperate
- tractable
- trusting
- unburdensome
- unoppressive
- unsuspicious
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.