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.

   The food went spoilt in the heat and had to be thrown away.

3. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering

   The child was so spoilt that she expected everything to be done for her.

   After years of luxury, he became a spoilt brat.

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)

• 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)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: چوروك (çürük)

• Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj)

of a child

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寵壞 / 宠坏 (zh) (chǒnghuài), 溺愛 / 溺爱 (zh) (nì'ài)

• Czech: rozmazlený (cs)
• 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