spoiled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
    • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
    • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  2. verb become unfit for consumption or use
    go bad; spoil.
    • the meat must be eaten before it spoils
  3. verb alter from the original
    corrupt; spoil.
  4. verb treat with excessive indulgence
    featherbed; pamper; cosset; cocker; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
    • grandparents often pamper the children
    • Let's not mollycoddle our students!
  5. verb hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    thwart; bilk; cross; frustrate; baffle; foil; spoil; queer; scotch.
    • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
    • foil your opponent
  6. verb have a strong desire or urge to do something
    spoil; itch.
    • She is itching to start the project
    • He is spoiling for a fight
  7. verb destroy and strip of its possession
    plunder; violate; spoil; rape; despoil.
    • The soldiers raped the beautiful country
  8. verb make imperfect
    impair; mar; deflower; vitiate; spoil.
    • nothing marred her beauty
  9. adjective satellite having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention
    spoilt.
    • a spoiled child
  10. adjective satellite (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
    bad; spoilt.
    • bad meat
    • a refrigerator full of spoilt food

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