- adjectivespoilt (adjective) · spoiled (adjective)
- (of a person, especially a child) harmed in character by being treated too leniently or indulgently:"he acts like a spoiled brat"
- (of food) having become unfit for eating:"the smell of spoiled milk"
- BRITISH ENGLISH(of a ballot paper) marked incorrectly so as to make the vote invalid:"the number of spoiled ballots was quite worrying"
verbspoiled (past tense) · spoiled (past participle)- diminish or destroy the value or quality of:"I wouldn't want to spoil your fun" · "a series of political blunders spoiled their chances of being re-elected"
- prevent someone from enjoying (an occasion or event):"she was afraid of spoiling Christmas for the rest of the family"
- BRITISH ENGLISHmark (a ballot paper) incorrectly so as to make one's vote invalid, especially as a gesture of protest:"the group called on its supporters to spoil their papers"
- (of food) become unfit for eating:"I've got some ham that'll spoil if we don't eat it tonight"
- harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent:"the last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas"
- treat with great or excessive kindness, consideration, or generosity:"breakfast in bed—you're spoiling me!"
- (be spoiling for)be extremely or aggressively eager for:"Cooper was spoiling for a fight"
- archaicrob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence:"the enemy entered into Hereford, spoiled and fired the city, and razed the walls to the ground"
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘to plunder’): shortening of Old French espoille (noun), espoillier (verb), from Latin spoliare, from spolium ‘plunder, skin stripped from an animal’, or a shortening of despoil.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
- harm the character of (someone, especially a child) by being too lenient or indulgent:
- be extremely or aggressively eager for:
- rob (a person or a place) of goods or possessions by force or violence:
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