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spoiled

  • /spɔɪld/

Rhymes with -ɔɪld

verb spoilt

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of spoil

adjective more spoiled · most spoiled · spoilt

  1. US, of food That has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible.

    Similar: gone bad, bad, gone off, maggoted, rotten, spoiled

  2. US, figuratively, of a person or animal Heavily pampered; overindulged. The child was spoiled by constant gifts.
  3. US, figuratively, of a person or animal Selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering. Both our cat and the dog are spoiled monsters and beg for food every meal.

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Closest in meaning: stale, ill-natured, soft, bad, coddled, pampered, rotten, dilapidated, worn, damaged, lame, impaired, degraded, deteriorating, rancid, rubbish

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adj (of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible

Portuguêsestragado
Deutschverdorben
Italianoavariato
Русскийиспо́рченный ispórčennyj
العربيةفَاسِد fāsid

adj (of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering

Españolmimado, regalón, consentido, malcriado, malacostumbrado
日本語甘やかされ amayakasare
中文寵壞 /宠坏 chǒnghuài, 溺愛 /溺爱 nì'ài
Portuguêsmimado
Françaisgâté, pourri
Deutschverwöhnt, verzogen
Italianoviziato
Ελληνικάκακομαθημένος kakomathiménos
Русскийизбало́ванный izbalóvannyj, бало́ванный balóvannyj, распу́щенный raspúščennyj

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@misc{spoiled_2026,
  title = {spoiled},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spoiled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}