Synonyms for spoiler
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : spoi-ler |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɔɪ lər |
Top 10 synonyms for spoiler Other synonyms for the word spoiler
- addlebrain
- clod
- clumsy oaf
- corsair
- depredator
- dolt
- donkey
- duffer
- dunce
- featherbrain
- fool
- foul-up
- freebooter
- fumbler
- goof off
- goofball
- harebrain
- idiot
- ignoramus
- incompetent
- klutz
- looter
- mismanager
- muddler
- muffer
- numskull
- pilferer
- pillager
- pirate
- plunderer
- raider
- ransacker
- rapparee
- ravager
- rifler
- rover
- screw up
- spoiler
- thief
- vandal
- viking
Définition of spoiler
Origin :- 1530s, "one who robs or plunders," agent noun from spoil. Meaning "one who mars another's chance at victory" is attested from 1950 in U.S. politics, perhaps from boxing. Aeronautics sense is from 1928, because it destroys the "lift" on the plane; transferred to structures serving a similar purpose on speedboats (1957) and motor vehicles (1963). Meaning "information about the plot of a movie, etc., which might 'spoil' it for one who has not seen it" is attested by 1982.
- As in looter : noun thief
- As in bungler : noun person who blunders
- As in buccaneer : noun robber
- As in plunderer : noun robber
- And what the Spoiler has spared, the self-styled Restorer has too often ruined.
- Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
- Fortunately, thus far, the Mondino Tablet has escaped the spoiler.
- Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
- Is there any one in the world who can flatter himself that he has escaped the spoiler?
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
- I will not ride by the side of the Saxon to the feet of Edward, the son of the spoiler.
- Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Then, the spoiler, prompted by a ravenous maw, alleged a pretext for a quarrel.
- Extract from : « The Fables of Phdrus » by Phaedrus
- They were as sheep without a shepherd, a prey to every spoiler and evil designer.
- Extract from : « The Lumberjack Sky Pilot » by Thomas D. Whittles
- What had she or I done to you that you should come as a spoiler to the fold?
- Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- The hand of the spoiler has in many cases completed the work of devastation.
- Extract from : « The Catacombs of Rome » by William Henry Withrow
- When the spoiler is abroad, he does not pause to choose his victims.
- Extract from : « The College, the Market, and the Court » by Caroline H. Dall
- Unless it be dispelled, Anahuac must remain the prey of the spoiler.
- Extract from : « The Fair God » by Lew Wallace
Antonyms for spoiler
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