spoiled

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/spɔɪld/

adjective

That has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible.

“The child was spoiled by constant gifts.”

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

verb

alternative spoilt

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of spoil
adjectivespoiled (comparative more spoiled, superlative most spoiled)

comparative more spoiled · superlative most spoiled · alternative spoilt

  1. USThat has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible.

    Synonyms: gone bad, bad, gone bad, gone off, maggoted, rotten

  2. USfigurativelyusually a childHeavily pampered; overindulged.

    The child was spoiled by constant gifts.

  3. USfigurativelyusually a childSelfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering.

    Both our cat and the dog are spoiled monsters and beg for food every meal.

    2026 July 6, @chaoskat.bsky.social, Bluesky (post), archived from the original on 06 Jul 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThat has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention

adjective(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic فَاسِد
  • فَاسِد (fāsid)(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
Chinese Mandarin 寵壞 /宠坏, 溺愛 /溺爱
  • 寵壞 /宠坏 (chǒnghuài)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • 溺愛 /溺爱 (nì'ài)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Czech rozmazlený
  • rozmazlený(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Danish forkælet
  • forkælet(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Dutch verwend
  • verwend(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Finnish hemmoteltu, poispilattu
  • hemmoteltu(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • poispilattu(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • pilattu(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
French gâté, pourri
  • gâté(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • pourri(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
German verdorben, verwöhnt
  • verdorben(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • verwöhnt(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • verzogen(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Greek κακομαθημένος
  • κακομαθημένος (kakomathiménos)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Hungarian elkényeztetett
  • elkényeztetett(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Indonesian basi, aleman
  • basi(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • aleman(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • kolokan(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • manja(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Irish millte, millte
  • millte(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • millte(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Italian avariato, viziato
  • avariato(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • viziato(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Japanese 甘やかされ
  • 甘やかされ (amayakasare)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Malay mua
  • mua(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Norwegian Bokmål bedervet, bortskjemt
  • bedervet(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • bortskjemt(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Persian لوس, ننر
  • لوس (lus)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • ننر (nonor)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Polish zepsuty
  • zepsuty(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
Portuguese estragado, mimado
  • estragado(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • mimado(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Russian испо́рченный, избало́ванный
  • испо́рченный (ispórčennyj)(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • избало́ванный (izbalóvannyj)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • бало́ванный (balóvannyj)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • распу́щенный (raspúščennyj)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Spanish mimado, regalón
  • mimado(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • regalón(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • consentido(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • malcriado(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • malacostumbrado(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Swedish skämd, bortskämd
  • skämd(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • bortskämd(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • bortklemad(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Turkish bozuk, şımarık
  • bozuk(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • şımarık(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
Ukrainian зіпсо́ваний, розпе́щений
  • зіпсо́ваний (zipsóvanyj)(of food) that has deteriorated to the point of being unusable, unsafe, or inedible
  • розпе́щений (rozpéščenyj)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • розбе́щений (rozbéščenyj)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering
  • розпу́щений (rozpúščenyj)(of a person or animal) selfish, greedy, or lazy due to pampering

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Cite this entry
APA

spoiled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoiled

MLA

“spoiled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoiled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spoiled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoiled.

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