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spoilt
(spoilt)v.
A past tense and a past participle of spoil.
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spoilt
(spɔɪlt)vb
a past tense and past participle of spoil
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spoil
(spɔɪl)v. spoiled or spoilt, spoil•ing, v.t.
1. to damage or harm severely; ruin: The tear spoiled the delicate fabric.
2. to impair the quality of; affect detrimentally: Bad weather spoiled our vacation.
3. to impair the character of (someone) by excessive indulgence.
4. Archaic.
v.i. a. to strip of goods or valuables; plunder.
b. to take or seize by force.
5. to become bad or unfit for use, as food or other perishable substances.
6. to plunder, pillage, or rob.
n. 7. Often, spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
8. spoils, the emoluments and advantages of public office viewed as won by a victorious political party.
9. waste material, as that which is cast up in excavating.
Idioms: be spoiling for, Informal. to be very eager for: They're spoiling for a fight.
[1300–50; (v.) Middle English < Old French espoillier < Latin spoliāre to despoil, v. derivative of spolium booty]
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| Adj. | 1. | spoilt - having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child" ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
| 2. |  spoilt - (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" | |
| 3. |  spoilt - affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity; "a blighted rose"; "blighted urban districts"destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind" |
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Translations
rozmazlenýzkažený
forkæletødelagt
hemmoteltupilaantunutpilattu
razmažen
kényeztetett
ofdekraîur
台無しにされた
버릇 없는
estragadomimado
razvajen
bortskämd
ถูกตามใจ
hư
spoilt
[spɔɪlt]A. PT & PP of spoil
B. ADJ
1. (= ruined) [meal etc] → estropeado, echado a perder; [vote] → nulo
2. (= pampered) [child] → mimado, consentido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
spoilt
[ˈspɔɪlt] (British) spoiled [ˈspɔɪld] pt
pp of spoil
adj
[child] → gâté(e)
[ballot paper] → nul(le)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spoilt
(Brit) pret, ptp of spoilCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
spoilt
[spɔɪlt]1. pt & pp of spoil
2. adj (child) → viziato/a; (meal) → rovinato/a; (ballot paper) → nullo/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
spoil
(spoil) – past tense, past participles spoiled, ~spoilt (-t) – verb1. to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless. If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.
2. to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so. They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!
spoils noun plural profits or rewards. the spoils of war; the spoils of success.
spoilt adjectiveHe's a very spoilt child!
ˈspoilsport noun a person who spoils, or refuses to join in, the fun of others.
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spoilt
→ مُدَلَّل rozmazlený ødelagt verwöhnt καομαθημένος estropeado, mimado hemmoteltu gâté razmažen viziato 台無しにされた 버릇 없는 verwend bortskjemt rozpieszczony mimado испорченный bortskämd ถูกตามใจ şımartılmış hư 宠坏的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009