spoiled
AdjectiveUS[spoild]/spɔɪld/1 syllable
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Adjective (2)
- having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention“a spoiled child”Synonyms: spoiltOpposite good-naturedSimilar ill-natured
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition“bad meat”“a refrigerator full of spoilt food”Synonyms: badspoiltOpposite freshSimilar stale
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“spoiled” is listed under Spoil.
Spoil (spoil), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Spoiled (spoild) or Spoilt (spoilt); present participle & verbal noun Spoiling.]
Origin: F. spolier, OF. espoillier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. Despoil, Spoliation.
1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; — with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possessions. “Ye shall spoil the Egyptians.” Ex. iii. 22.
My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eyes.— Alexander Pope
2. To seize by violence; to take by force; to plunder.
No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man.— Mark iii. 27.
3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrupt; to vitiate; to mar.
Spiritual pride spoils many graces.— Taylor, Jeremy
4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54