spoilt

English

Alternative forms

• spoiled

Pronunciation

• enPR: spoilt, IPA^(key): /spɔɪlt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪlt

Adjective

spoilt (comparative more spoilt, superlative most spoilt) (British spelling)

1. (UK) Having lost its original value
2. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
3. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering

Usage notes

• Much less common than spoiled in US.
• Much more common than "spoiled" in UK.
• About as common as "spoiled" in Australia.

Antonyms

• (food): eatable, edible, fresh, good, unspoilt
• (person): unspoilt

Derived terms

• spoilt for choice

Translations

having lost its original value

Finnish: pilattu (fi), pilaantunut (fi); pilalla (fi) (adverb) Norwegian: Bokmål: nedgradert Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj)

of food: rendered unusable or inedible

Arabic: مُدَلَّل (mudallal) Azerbaijani: xarab Chinese: Mandarin: 腐敗／腐败 (zh) (fǔbài), 壞／坏 (zh) (huài) Cimbrian: damaal Czech: zkažený (cs) Dutch: bedorven (nl) Finnish: pilaantunut (fi); pilalla (fi) (adverb) French: gâté (fr), pourri (fr) m German: verdorben (de) Greek: χαλασμένος (el) (chalasménos), αλλοιωμένος (el) (alloioménos) Hungarian: romlott (hu) Italian: guastato (it) Japanese: 腐った (くさった, kusatta) Korean: 썩은 (sseogeun) Norwegian: Bokmål: utgått (no), råtten (no) Ottoman Turkish: چوروك (çürük) Persian: خراب (fa) (xarâb), تباه (fa) (tabâh), تلیده (talide), ترشیده (fa) (toršide) Portuguese: estragado (pt) Russian: испо́рченный (ru) (ispórčennyj) Serbo-Croatian: покварено n, pokvareno (sh) Spanish: estropeado (es), podrido (es) Swedish: förstörd (sv), skämd (sv) Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj)

of a child

Chinese: Mandarin: 寵壞／宠坏 (zh) (chǒnghuài), 溺愛／溺爱 (zh) (nì'ài) Czech: rozmazlený Dutch: verwend (nl) Finnish: hemmoteltu (fi), poispilattu (fi), pilattu (fi) French: gâté (fr) m, pourri (fr) m Georgian: გაფუჭებული (gapuč̣ebuli) German: verwöhnt (de), verzogen (de) Greek: κακομαθημένος (el) (kakomathiménos) Hungarian: elkényeztetett (hu) Italian: viziato (it) Malay: mua (ms) Mongolian: Cyrillic: эрх (mn) (erx) Norwegian: Bokmål: bortskjemt Persian: لوس (fa) (lus), ننر (fa) (nonor) Portuguese: mimado (pt) Serbo-Croatian: размажено n, razmaženo (sh) Spanish: mimado (es), regalón (es), consentido (es), malcriado (es) Swedish: bortskämd (sv) Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj)

Verb

spoilt

1. simple past and past participle of spoil

Anagrams

• sploit, postil, pilots, potlis, Toplis, pistol