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1 spoil
[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) eyðileggja(st)2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) (of)dekra•- spoils- spoilt
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2 blemish
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3 damage
['dæmi‹] 1. noun1) (injury or hurt, especially to a thing: The storm did/caused a lot of damage; She suffered brain-damage as a result of the accident.) skaði, tjón2) ((in plural) payment for loss or injury suffered: The court awarded him $5,000 damages.) skaðabætur2. verb(to make less effective or less usable etc; to spoil: The bomb damaged several buildings; The book was damaged in the post.) skemma- damaged -
4 deface
[di'feis](to spoil the appearance of: The statue had been defaced with red paint.) afmynda -
5 deform
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6 disfigure
[dis'fiɡə, ]( American[) -'fiɡjər](to spoil the beauty of: That scar will disfigure her for life.) afmynda; lÿta -
7 fuck up
((slang, vulgar) to spoil something; to make a mess of (things): Don't fuck up this time!) -
8 louse
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9 make a mess of
1) (to make dirty, untidy or confused: The heavy rain has made a real mess of the garden.) setja á annan endann; sóða (út)2) (to do badly: He made a mess of his essay.) klúðra3) (to spoil or ruin (eg one's life): He made a mess of his life by drinking too much.) klúðra -
10 mangle
['mæŋɡl] 1. verb1) (to crush to pieces: The car was badly mangled in the accident.) meiða, lemstra2) (to spoil (eg a piece of music) by bad mistakes etc: He mangled the music by his terrible playing.) aflaga, fara illa með3) (to put (clothing etc) through a mangle.) vinda (þvott)2. noun(a machine with rollers for squeezing water out of wet clothes etc.) þvottkefli, vinda -
11 mar
past tense, past participle - marred; verb(to spoil or damage (enjoyment, beauty etc): Her beauty was marred by a scar on her cheek.) eyðileggja, spilla -
12 mess up
(to spoil; to make a mess of: Don't mess the room up!) setja á annan endann, umturna -
13 ruin
['ru:in] 1. noun1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) rúst2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) hrösun, glötun3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) gjaldþrot2. verb1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) eyðileggja2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) eyðileggja, spilla•- ruined
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14 spoiled
[-t]past tense, past participles; = spoil -
15 taint
[teint] 1. verb1) (to spoil (something) by touching it or bringing it into contact with something bad or rotten: The meat has been tainted.) spilla(st), menga(st)2) (to affect (someone or something) with something evil or immoral; to corrupt: He has been tainted by his contact with criminals.) spilla(st)2. noun(a mark or trace of something bad, rotten or evil: the taint of decay.) blettur; veila; skemmd- tainted
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Spoil — (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoiled} (spoild) or {Spoilt} (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoiling}.] [F. spolier, OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. {Despoil}, {Spoliation}.] 1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Spoil bank — Spoil Spoil, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. [1913 Webster] Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Spoil — (spoil), v. i. 1. To practice plunder or robbery. [1913 Webster] Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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spoil — c.1300, from O.Fr. espoillier to strip, plunder, from L. spoliare to strip of clothing, rob, from spolium armor stripped from an enemy, booty; originally skin stripped from a killed animal, from PIE *spol yo , perhaps from root *spel to split, to … Etymology dictionary
spoil — [v1] ruin, hurt 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 … New thesaurus
spoil — [spoil] vt. spoiled or Brit. spoilt, spoiling [ME spoilen < MFr espoillier < L spoliare, to plunder < spolium, arms taken from a defeated foe, plunder, orig., hide stripped from an animal < IE base * (s)p(h)el , to split, tear off… … English World dictionary
spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar — (UK) If someone spoils the ship for a ha pworth (halfpenny s worth) of tar, they spoil something completely by trying to make a small economy … The small dictionary of idiomes
