spoilt

[US]/spɒɪlt/
[UK]/spɔɪlt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. overindulged

v. indulge; ruin

Phrases & Collocations

spoilt child

spoilt brat

spoilt food

spoilt milk

spoilt rotten

spoilt for choice

spoilt relationship

spoilt ballot

Example Sentences

He is a spoilt child.

a spoilt little rich kid

The rain has spoilt my painting.

Stop acting like a spoilt child.

Our holidays were spoilt by bad weather.

The dignity of the occasion was spoilt when she fell down the steps.

The heavy rain has spoilt the flowers in the park.

The small boy spoilt the picture by smearing it with ink.

Her husband behaves just like a spoilt child.

This stirring appeal is spoilt by a malapropism in the last phrase, the word singularity.

There is hunger in all the places where the crop was spoilt by the flood.

a series of political blunders spoilt their chances of being re-elected.

I’ve had so many job offers that I’m spoilt for choice.

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