1
[ adjective ] having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention

Synonyms

spoilt

Examples

"a spoiled child"

Related terms

ill-natured

2
[ adjective ] treated with excessive indulgence

Synonyms

pampered coddled

Examples

"pampered from earliest childhood, he believed the world had been invented for his entertainment"

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

He looked lazy , spoiled , a_little querulous .

Related terms

soft

3
[ adjective ] (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

Synonyms

bad spoilt

Examples

"bad meat" "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"

Related terms

stale

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Rhymes with

unspoiled soiled oiled boiled roiled coiled foiled broiled uncoiled embroiled

Phonetic and Homophones

S P OY1 L D

Similar Spelling

spoilt splotched splodge split spill_out

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