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adjective

Definition of spoilednext
as in rotten
having undergone organic breakdown spoiled milk

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spoiled

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verb

variants or chiefly British spoilt
past tense of spoil
1
as in tainted
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable too much coddling will spoil the child

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

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3
as in damaged
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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4
as in indulged
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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Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoiled
  1. rotten
  2. tainted
  3. poisoned
  4. perished
  5. crippled
  6. hurt
  7. marred
  8. weakened
Adjective
  • Others rely on odor, such as predator urine, that frightens them away from the area or a bad smell from rotten eggs that simply discourages them.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The two of them are on the world’s most rotten ship and must go down together.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of rotten
Verb
  • The effects of drinking raw milk tainted with bird flu are still uncertain.
    Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But two batches of raw whole milk and cream products tainted with bird flu virus were recalled last month in California — the state hit hardest by the cattle outbreak.
    Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of tainted
Verb
  • The reality is Kade was poisoned, murdered.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The lawsuit claims she was abused and poisoned.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of poisoned
Verb
  • After all, Juliette only discovers the place after everyone has perished on the ground outside.
    Mark Blankenship, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Cyrus, recently sober and obsessed with death, has lived a life punctuated by loss, beginning as a baby when his mother perished in a plane crash.
    Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of perished
Verb
  • Its main proxy, Hezbollah, was crippled by a pager attack on its hierarchy, and then by weeks of vicious airstrikes.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Ongoing attacks have crippled Gaza's water and sanitation systems, depriving children of safe water and endangering their health.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of crippled
Verb
  • He was not seriously hurt, but McConnell has recently been using a wheelchair as a precaution while at airports, according to NBC News.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The memory foam sole also lends some comfort and arch support so your feet won’t hurt after babysitting a high-maintenance stew all day.
    Anne Loreto Cruz, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • Attorneys representing inmates on federal death row have submitted clemency petitions asking for Biden to commute their clients' sentences, with some arguing that their clients had received ineffective legal assistance and had trials marred by racial bias.
    Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Bumpy recovery Exports have been a rare bright spot for the world’s second-largest economy that has been marred with lackluster domestic consumption and a prolonged housing downturn.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of marred
Verb
  • With Assad gone and Iran weakened, new commercial routes, reconstruction opportunities, and trade corridors beckon.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But Israeli bombardments have weakened Tehran as well as its allies in the Axis of Resistance—Lebanon's Hezbollah.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of weakened
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