spoilt

English

Alternative forms

spoiled

Pronunciation

enPR: spoilt, IPA^(key): /spɔɪlt/

Adjective

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

(Britain) Having lost its original value
Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
(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.
About as common as "spoiled" in UK.

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: зіпсований (zipsóvanyj)

of food: rendered unusable or inedible

Arabic: مُدَلَّل‎ (mudallal)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腐敗 (zh), 腐败 (zh) (fǔbài), 壞 (zh), 坏 (zh) (huài)
Czech: zkažený
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: تباه‎ (fa) (tabāh), پوسده‎ (pusidah), ترشیده‎ (fa) (torşidah), خراب‎ (fa) (kharāb)
Portuguese: estragado (pt)
Russian: испо́рченный (ru) (ispórčennyj)
Serbo-Croatian: покварено n (pokvareno)
Spanish: estropeado (es), podrido (es)
Swedish: förstörd (sv), skämd (sv)
Ukrainian: зіпсований (zipsóvanyj)

of a child

Chinese:
Mandarin: 寵壞 (zh), 宠坏 (zh) (chǒnghuài), 溺愛 (zh), 溺爱 (zh) (nì'ài)
Czech: rozmazlený
Dutch: verwend (nl)
Finnish: hemmoteltu (fi), poispilattu, pilattu (fi)
French: gâté (fr) m, pourri (fr) m
Georgian: გაფუჭებული (gapuč̣ebuli)
German: verwöhnt (de), verzogen (de)
Greek: κακομαθημένος (el) (kakomathiménos)
Hungarian: elkényeztetett

Italian: viziato (it)
Malay: mua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bortskjemt
Persian: لوس‎ (fa) (lus), ننر‎ (fa) (nonor)
Portuguese: mimado
Serbo-Croatian: размажено n (razmaženo)
Spanish: mimado (es) m, regalón (es), consentido (es), malcriado (es)
Swedish: bortskämd (sv)
Ukrainian: зіпсований (zipsóvanyj)

Verb

spoilt

simple past tense and past participle of spoil

Anagrams

pilots, pistol, postil, sploit

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