Modern English usage. 2014.
spoiled — [spɔıld] adj also spoilt BrE 1.) a spoiled person, especially a child, is rude and behaves badly because they have always been given what they want and allowed to do what they want ▪ Ben was a spoilt brat (=a spoiled and unpleasant child) . ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
spoiled — [ spɔıld ] adjective 1. ) a child who is spoiled behaves badly if they do not get what they want because people have always given them everything they want 2. ) spoiled food has started to decay … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spoiled — index decadent, marred, stale, tainted (contaminated) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
spoiled — usually spoilt BrE adjective 1 someone, especially a child, who is spoiled is rude and behaves badly because their parents have always given them what they want and allowed them to do what they want: spoiled brat (=spoiled, annoying child) |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Spoiled — Spoil Spoil (spoil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoiled} (spoild) or {Spoilt} (spoilt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoiling}.] [F. spolier, OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. {Despoil}, {Spoliation}.] 1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spoiled — See spoiled, spoilt … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
spoiled — adj. Spoiled is used with these nouns: ↑ballot, ↑child, ↑milk … Collocations dictionary
spoiled — Synonyms and related words: ausgespielt, bad, bankrupt, barfy, beautiless, blasted, blemished, blighted, blotted, botched, brackish, broken, bungled, butchered, cacophonic, cacophonous, cankered, carious, cloying, coddled, corrupt, decayed,… … Moby Thesaurus
spoiled — un·spoiled; … English syllables
spoiled — adjective 1. having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention (Freq. 1) a spoiled child • Syn: ↑spoilt • Similar to: ↑ill natured 2. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition bad m … Useful english dictionary
