spoilt
Meaning
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- Having lost its original value
- Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
- Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering
Synonyms
be destroyed
be stunted
become mouldy
bitched-up
effete
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/spɔɪlt/
New
spoil
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- To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
- To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
- To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
- (obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
- To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
- To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
- Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
- To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
- To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
- To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler.
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