spoiling
Rotting over time
Spoiling covers decay and ruination.
Food spoils when it goes bad.
To spoil a child is to overindulge them, producing bad behavior.
To spoil something is to diminish or destroy its value: Don't spoil the ending for me.
Someone spoiling for a fight is eager to cause trouble.
Spoils are goods seized in war or victory.
Overindulgent, protective treatment
- indulgingSatisfying a craving
- dotingExcessively affectionate toward
- babyingTreating as helpless
- cossetingOverprotective care
overprotecting · fussing · smothering · catering · enabling · permissive · mollycoddling · helicoptering
Breakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- rottingOrganic matter decomposing
- moldForm-giving container
- mildewFungus from dampness
bacteria · perishable · souring · tainting · fermentation · oxidation · rancid · curdling
Destroying completely
- sabotagingDeliberately undermining or destroying
- damagingCausing loss or injury
- marringCausing damage or disfigurement
- taintingPolluting or corrupting
undermining · derailing · destroying · compromising · blighting · fouling · corrupting · defacing
coddling
Overindulgent, protective treatment
cosseting · overprotecting · fussing · smothering · catering · enabling · permissive · mollycoddling · helicoptering · overindulging
decomposition
Breakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- rottingOrganic matter decomposing
- moldForm-giving container
mildew · bacteria · perishable · souring · tainting · fermentation · oxidation · rancid · curdling · biodegradation
wrecking
Destroying completely
- sabotagingDeliberately undermining or destroying
- damagingCausing loss or injury
- marringCausing damage or disfigurement
tainting · undermining · derailing · destroying · compromising · blighting · fouling · corrupting · defacing · impairing
looting
Theft during disorder
- pillagingForcible theft during conflict
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- ransackingSearching while wrecking
plunder · booty · conquest · pirates · marauders · seizure · sacking · ravaging · stripping · privateering
- overgiving problemsovergiving, enabling, codependence, people-pleasing, martyrdom
- pleasurepleasure, enjoyment, delight, gratification, contentment
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
- grandparentinggrandma, grandpa, grandchildren, grandchild, granddaughter
- plunderlooting, loot, booty, pillaging, pillage
- spoilagerotten, stale, moldy, rotting, decay
spoilingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
keeping · conserving · maintaining · curing · pickling
spoilingdisciplining
Administering corrective measures
strict parenting · denying · withholding · uncompromising · inflexible
- spoiling someone rottenIndulging someone beyond reason
- spoiling somebody rottenIndulging someone beyond reason
- spoiling for a fight