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spoilt

adj · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • spoilt
  • /spɔɪlt/
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  • rhymes with -ɔɪlt

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having lost its original value

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having a selfish or greedy character, especially due to pampering

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Qualifier: usually a child

Examples

  • The child was so spoilt that she expected everything to be done for her.
  • After years of luxury, he became a spoilt brat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of spoil

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a blighted rose
  • blighted urban districts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blighted

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bad meat
  • a refrigerator full of spoilt food

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bad, spoiled

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a spoiled child

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spoiled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: pilattu — having lost its original value
  • Finnish: pilaantunut — having lost its original value
  • Finnish: pilalla — having lost its original value
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nedgradert — having lost its original value
  • Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj) — having lost its original value
  • Arabic: مُدَلَّل (mudallal) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Azerbaijani: xarab — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腐敗 /腐败 (fǔbài) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壞 /坏 (huài) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Cimbrian: damaal — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Czech: zkažený — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Dutch: bedorven — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Finnish: pilaantunut — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Finnish: pilalla — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • French: gâté — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • French: pourri — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • German: verdorben — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Greek: χαλασμένος (chalasménos) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Greek: αλλοιωμένος (alloioménos) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Hungarian: romlott — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Italian: guastato — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Japanese: 腐った (kusatta) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Korean: 썩은 (sseogeun) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utgått — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Norwegian Bokmål: råtten — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Persian: خراب (xarâb) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Persian: تباه (tabâh) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Persian: تلیده (talide) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Persian: ترشیده (toršide) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Portuguese: estragado — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Russian: испо́рченный (ispórčennyj) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Serbo-Croatian: покварено — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Serbo-Croatian: pokvareno — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Spanish: estropeado — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Spanish: podrido — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Swedish: förstörd — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Swedish: skämd — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوروك (çürük) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj) — of food: rendered unusable or inedible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寵壞 /宠坏 (chǒnghuài) — of a child
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溺愛 /溺爱 (nì'ài) — of a child
  • Czech: rozmazlený — of a child
  • Dutch: verwend — of a child
  • Finnish: hemmoteltu — of a child
  • Finnish: poispilattu — of a child
  • Finnish: pilattu — of a child
  • French: gâté — of a child
  • French: pourri — of a child
  • Georgian: გაფუჭებული (gapuč̣ebuli) — of a child
  • German: verwöhnt — of a child
  • German: verzogen — of a child
  • Greek: κακομαθημένος (kakomathiménos) — of a child
  • Hungarian: elkényeztetett — of a child
  • Italian: viziato — of a child
  • Malay: mua — of a child
  • Mongolian: эрх (erx) — of a child
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bortskjemt — of a child
  • Persian: لوس (lus) — of a child
  • Persian: ننر (nonor) — of a child
  • Portuguese: mimado — of a child
  • Serbo-Croatian: размажено — of a child
  • Serbo-Croatian: razmaženo — of a child
  • Spanish: mimado — of a child
  • Spanish: regalón — of a child
  • Spanish: consentido — of a child
  • Spanish: malcriado — of a child
  • Swedish: bortskämd — of a child
  • Ukrainian: зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj) — of a child