Hyphenation of spoil

Are you trying to hyphenate spoil? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

spoil

Definitions of spoil:

1.
(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy
2.
The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
Her spoiling my dress was deliberate
3.
The act of stripping and taking by force
4.
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
5.
Become unfit for consumption or use
The meat must be eaten before it spoils
6.
Alter from the original
7.
Treat with excessive indulgence
Grandparents often pamper the children Let's not mollycoddle our students!
8.
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge Foil your opponent
9.
Have a strong desire or urge to do something
She is itching to start the project He is spoiling for a fight
10.
Destroy and strip of its possession
The soldiers raped the beautiful country
11.
Make imperfect
Nothing marred her beauty

Synonyms of spoil:

nounstolen property
noun spoiling, spoilage, injury
noun spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, plundering, pillage, pillaging
verb botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up, fail, go wrong, miscarry
verbgo bad, decay
verb corrupt, modify
verb pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge, treat, handle, do by
verb thwart, queer, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk, prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
verb itch, desire, want
verb rape, despoil, violate, plunder, destroy, ruin
verb mar, impair, deflower, vitiate, damage

Last hyphenations of this language