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[ spoilt ] / spɔɪlt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spoilt ON THESAURUS.COM
verba simple past tense and past participle of spoil. OTHER WORDS FROM spoiltun·spoilt, adjectiveWords nearby spoiltspoil ground, spoils, spoilsman, spoilsport, spoils system, spoilt, Spokane, spoke, spoke-dog, spoken, spoken for Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spoiltClearly, we have been spoilt by Stephen Frears and Helen Mirren with The Queen. Princess Diana Was the Girlfriend From Hell. Why Is This Movie So Boring?|Tina Brown|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST He is one of the spoilt children of nature, spoilt by reason of his favoured position in life. Shakespeare in the Theatre|William Poel The spoilt child was making new arms, like the schoolboy who exercises his muscle to avenge himself after a beating. The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund Candler He oughtn't to hang on at home with his mother and father, and get spoilt.
Perhaps if Vicky had been a boy she would have been spoilt and selfish too. Great Uncle Hoot-Toot|Mrs. Molesworth I was a little apprehensive when he called, for the spoilt old child could not help speaking his mind bluntly. My Memoirs|Marguerite Steinheil
British Dictionary definitions for spoilt
verba past tense and past participle of spoil Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to spoiltharm, mar, devastate, wreck, tarnish, upset, undo, impair, destroy, taint, deface, defile, desolate, disgrace, sack, debase, injure, damage, ravage, desecrate |