as in rotten
having undergone organic breakdown
spoiled milk
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or chiefly British spoilt
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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Recent Examples of spoiled
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Blyth was nominated in the supporting role as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda, who seduces her mother's second husband (Zachary Scott), then riddles him with bullets in a jealous rage.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
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Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Moore cautioned people with lung issues or smoke sensitivity to avoid outdoor activities, but said crews have mitigated the hazardous-materials portion of the blaze and are now focused on the biohazard portion posed by spoiled food.
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Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
In a lawsuit filed against ICE last year, another former detainee said he was served spoiled milk.
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Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Cleaning up bird seed, spoiled fruit, and other easy sources of food is the best way to reduce rodent problems and deter the ticks that use rodents as hosts.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
Taken together, the blank or spoiled ballots would have comfortably won the April vote, and the blank votes alone would have beaten thirty-four of the thirty-five candidates.
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Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
The cast were not unlike the spoiled rich city kids and their parents experiencing rugged Montana for the first time in Sheridan’s story.
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Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
The service Maldivian service at its sunniest—upbeat, amiable and intuitive enough to know when guests want to be spoiled or left alone.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 June 2026
Isaac Paredes hit a two-run double in the eighth inning and the Houston Astros spoiled their former manager's opportunity at a milestone victory by rallying for an 8-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
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CBS News,
27 June 2026
Trea Turner drove in Hill with a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and Philadelphia spoiled Andy Green’s debut as Mets interim manager by handing New York its seventh consecutive defeat.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
But her relatives have already spoiled that plan.
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Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
With mature shoppers spoiled for choice, which formulas truly deserve a spot in your cart (not to mention, your beach bag)?
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Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
22 June 2026
Consequently, between Dick’s stubborn disposition and the fun the Indians had, Dick never worked much and was spoiled rotten.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
In Capri, meanwhile, you’re spoiled for choice.
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Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
Adjective
Lineage officials said that their top priority as of Monday night was addressing the stench permeating over Boyle Heights due to the spoiled food.
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Austin Turner,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Blyth was nominated in the supporting role as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda, who seduces her mother's second husband (Zachary Scott), then riddles him with bullets in a jealous rage.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Moore cautioned people with lung issues or smoke sensitivity to avoid outdoor activities, but said crews have mitigated the hazardous-materials portion of the blaze and are now focused on the biohazard portion posed by spoiled food.
—
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
In a lawsuit filed against ICE last year, another former detainee said he was served spoiled milk.
—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Cleaning up bird seed, spoiled fruit, and other easy sources of food is the best way to reduce rodent problems and deter the ticks that use rodents as hosts.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
Taken together, the blank or spoiled ballots would have comfortably won the April vote, and the blank votes alone would have beaten thirty-four of the thirty-five candidates.
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Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
The cast were not unlike the spoiled rich city kids and their parents experiencing rugged Montana for the first time in Sheridan’s story.
—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
Verb
And the Belmont Stakes was run at Aqueduct for five years in the 1960s, with possible Triple Crowns being spoiled in 1964 and 1966.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
The service Maldivian service at its sunniest—upbeat, amiable and intuitive enough to know when guests want to be spoiled or left alone.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 June 2026
Isaac Paredes hit a two-run double in the eighth inning and the Houston Astros spoiled their former manager's opportunity at a milestone victory by rallying for an 8-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
—
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Trea Turner drove in Hill with a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and Philadelphia spoiled Andy Green’s debut as Mets interim manager by handing New York its seventh consecutive defeat.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
But her relatives have already spoiled that plan.
—
Whitney Eulich,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
With mature shoppers spoiled for choice, which formulas truly deserve a spot in your cart (not to mention, your beach bag)?
—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
22 June 2026
Consequently, between Dick’s stubborn disposition and the fun the Indians had, Dick never worked much and was spoiled rotten.
—
Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
In Capri, meanwhile, you’re spoiled for choice.
—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoiled
Adjective
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But Reddick shouldn’t yet be counted out because his recent downturn is more due to rotten luck than substandard performance.
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Unashamed about its unoriginality, the movie debuted in May last year to a 'rotten' rating by critics and audiences alike on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
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Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.
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So these stories are going to get adjusted and tainted, or they’ll sometimes get distilled down to something more essential.
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Remains of dogs too decomposed to be recovered were also found in the same field, the sheriff's office said.
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Every project should be decomposed into tasks, with explicit categorization of which are human, AI or hybrid.
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Residential buildings were badly damaged in the assault, leaving people trapped in multi-story apartment blocks and an entire family that was killed pulled from the rubble, while cars were seen burning on city streets.
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As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
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At the same time, centrists swung against a left that had indulged its purist tendencies.
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This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged.
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The special bond between Supergirl and her scruffy animal sidekick becomes a key plot point in Kara’s new solo movie, where Krypto is poisoned by space outlaw Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
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Kara Zor-El (Alcock) goes on a planet-hopping mission to save her beloved Krypto – with young and vengeful girl Ruthye (Eve Ridley) in tow – after he’s poisoned by the villainous Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
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While the timber has long since rotted away, the posts lined up to point directly at the rising sun during the summer solstice and the setting sun at the winter solstice — in the same way as Stonehenge.
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The storm hit Jamaica on August 12, splintering three hundred homes, and 90 percent of banana crops rotted to black in the post-storm humidity.
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Already, reports of sparse crowds have marred the Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall, the Daily Beast said.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's trip to the United Kingdom is already marred by drama after reports circulated that the visit was canceled due to security concerns.
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“Spoiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoiled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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