2021-02-02
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – spoiled & spoilt
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ออกเสียง spoil = ‘SPOIL’
ออกเสียง spoilt = ‘SPOILT’
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ORIGIN OF SPOIL
First recorded in 1300–50; (verb) Middle English spoilen,
from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre “to despoil,”
equivalent to spoli(um) “booty” + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun)
derivative of the verb or from Old French espoille, derivative of espoillier
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SYNONYM STUDY FOR SPOIL
Spoil, ruin, wreck
agree in meaning to reduce the value, quality, usefulness, etc.,
of anything.
Spoil is the general term:
to spoil a delicate fabric.
Ruin implies doing completely destructive or irreparable injury:
to ruin one's health.
Wreck implies a violent breaking upor demolition:
to wreck oneself with drink; to wreck a building.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for spoil
Verb
DECAY, DECOMPOSE, ROT, PUTREFY, SPOIL
mean to undergo destructive dissolution.
DECAY implies a slow change from a state of soundness or perfection.
a decaying mansion
DECOMPOSE stresses a breaking down by chemical change
and when applied to organic matter a corruption.
the strong odor of decomposing vegetation
ROT is a close synonym of DECOMPOSE and often connotes foulness.
fruit was left to rot in warehouses
PUTREFY implies the rotting of animal matter
and offensiveness to sight and smell.
corpses putrefying on the battlefield
SPOIL applies chiefly to the decomposition of foods.
keep the ham from spoiling
INDULGE, PAMPER, HUMOR, SPOIL, BABY, MOLLYCODDLE
mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings.
INDULGE implies excessive compliance and weakness
in gratifying another's or one's own desires.
indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse
PAMPER implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury
and comfort with consequent enervating effect.
pampered by the amenities of modern living
HUMOR stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims.
humored him by letting him tell the story
SPOIL stresses the injurious effects on character
by indulging or pampering.
foolish parents spoil their children
BABY suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude.
babying students by grading too easily
MOLLYCODDLE suggests an excessive degree of care
and attention to another's health or welfare.
refused to mollycoddle her malingering son
Noun
SPOIL, PLUNDER, BOOTY, PRIZE, LOOT
mean something taken from another by force or craft.
SPOIL, more commonly SPOILS,applies to what belongs
by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest.
the spoils of political victory
PLUNDER applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling.
a bootlegger's plunder
BOOTY implies plunder to be shared among confederates.
thieves dividing up their booty
PRIZE applies to spoils captured on the high seas
or territorial waters of the enemy.
the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea
LOOT applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe.
picked through the ruins for loot
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
spoiled & spoilt
The past tense and past participle of the verbspoil
are spoiled and spoilt.
Both forms are correct:
“The food was spoiled (or spoilt) “
“The mother spoiled (or spoilt) her children.”
“This stationery has been spoiled (or spoilt)
Spoiled is more generally used and therefore is recommended.
