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adjective

Definition of spoilingnext
as in spoiled

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spoiling

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noun

as in rotting

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spoiling

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verb

present participle of spoil
1
as in marring
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable too much coddling will spoil the child

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2
as in decomposing
to go through decomposition the meat has spoiled

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3
as in damaging
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait

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as in indulging
to treat with great or excessive care when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoiling
  1. indulging
  2. decay
  3. rotting
  4. rotten
  5. disintegration
  6. poisoning
  7. disintegrating
  8. injuring
Verb
  • In reality, the longtime Hollywood star has kept much of her creative focus and interests lately around bringing a healthier and more transparent wine-indulging experience to our world, through her Avaline wine brand.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But doing it too much and indulging to much could be a reason to evaluate the motive.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of indulging
Noun
  • Brain rot is thus a strikingly capacious term, enfolding the psychological and cognitive decay wrought by screen addiction, the bacteria-like content that feeds the addiction, and the argot of a generation for whom much of this content is made.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In the early to mid 20th century, older adults quite commonly developed such severe dental decay, necessitating complete dental extractions followed by dentures by the 7th or 8th decades of life.
    Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of decay
Verb
  • The carnage is truly next-level, including one infamous scene in which Joey wades through a literal pool of bloody, rotting dead bodies—all victims of Abigail's ferocious killer instincts.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
  • There was a foul odor of something rotting.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of rotting
Adjective
  • Millennial comedians let rotten bureaucrats go unprotested.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
  • However, if the new Council commission ended up pushing rotten ideas like getting rid of term limits, then the mayor’s commission could issue their own proposals, which would automatically supersede the Council’s measures from the ballot.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of rotten
Noun
  • The disintegration of traditional social interaction symbolized by putting smartphones into the hands of children has resulted in surging levels of mental illness and anxiety, according to Gates.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Men, many of whom bought into Trump’s vision of masculinity, are seemingly at odds with women who fear the further disintegration of their rights.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of disintegration
Verb
  • Defense lawyers said that speech included a series of improper and prejudicial comments against the defendants and their legal team, poisoning any potential jurors against them.
    Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • These are people who are here in this country, who have been murdering, raping, poisoning our citizens.
    NBC News, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of poisoning
Verb
  • Except—and for me, the difference is crucial—Akhtar employed his creativity and imagination to shape these source materials into an utterly original work of art, whereas the rapidly disintegrating McNeal employs a chatbot, which shapes the material into an uncannily precise act of mimesis.
    Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • That will likely result in those protections disintegrating, Meyer said.
    J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of disintegrating
Verb
  • The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of injuring
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