spoilt

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spoilt

  • /spɔɪlt/

Rhymes with -ɔɪlt

adjective more spoilt · most spoilt · spoiled

  1. UK Having lost its original value
  2. UK Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible. The food went spoilt in the heat and had to be thrown away.
  3. UK, of a person Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering The child was so spoilt that she expected everything to be done for her.

Opposite: eatable, edible, fresh, good, unspoilt

verb spoiled

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: destroyed, blighted, stale, ill-natured, bad, damaged, lost, corrupted, wasted, lousy, skittish, cranky, defective, marred, tricky, capricious

adjective

Opposite: eatable, edible, fresh, good, unspoilt

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adj of a child

Españolmimado, regalón, consentido, malcriado
中文寵壞 /宠坏 chǒnghuài, 溺愛 /溺爱 nì'ài
Portuguêsmimado
Françaisgâté, pourri
Deutschverwöhnt, verzogen
Italianoviziato
Ελληνικάκακομαθημένος kakomathiménos

adj of food: rendered unusable or inedible

Españolestropeado, podrido
한국어썩은 sseogeun
日本語腐った kusatta
中文腐敗 /腐败 fǔbài, 壞 /坏 huài
Portuguêsestragado
Françaisgâté, pourri
Deutschverdorben
Italianoguastato
Ελληνικάχαλασμένος chalasménos, αλλοιωμένος alloioménos
Русскийиспо́рченный ispórčennyj
العربيةمُدَلَّل mudallal

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@misc{spoilt_2026,
  title = {spoilt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spoilt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}