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Definitions for Spoiled

[1] to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
[2] to diminish or impair the quality of; affect detrimentally: Bad weather spoiled their vacation.
[3] to impair, damage, or harm the character or nature of (someone) by unwise treatment, excessive indulgence, etc.: to spoil a child by pampering him.
[4] Archaic . to strip (persons, places, etc.) of goods, valuables, etc.; plunder; pillage; despoil.
[5] Archaic . to take or seize by force.
[6] to become bad, or unfit for use, as food or other perishable substances; become tainted or putrid: Milk spoils if not refrigerated.
[7] to plunder, pillage, or rob.
[8] Often spoils. booty, loot, or plunder taken in war or robbery.
[9] the act of plundering.
[10] an object of plundering.
[11] Usually spoils. the emoluments and advantages of public office viewed as won by a victorious political party: the spoils of office. prizes won or treasures accumulated: a child's spoils brought home from a party.
[12] waste material, as that which is cast up in mining, excavating, quarrying, etc.
[13] an imperfectly made object, damaged during the manufacturing process.
[14] be spoiling for , Informal . to be very eager for; be desirous of: It was obvious that he was spoiling for a fight.
[15] (tr) to cause damage to (something), in regard to its value, beauty, usefulness, etc
[16] (tr) to weaken the character of (a child) by complying unrestrainedly with its desires
[17] (intr) (of perishable substances) to become unfit for consumption or use the fruit must be eaten before it spoils
[18] (intr) sport to disrupt the play or style of an opponent, as to prevent him from settling into a rhythm
[19] archaic to strip (a person or place) of (property or goods) by force or violence
[20] be spoiling for to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)
[21] waste material thrown up by an excavation
[22] any treasure accumulated by a person this gold ring was part of the spoil
[23] obsolete the act of plundering a strategically placed building, city, etc, captured as plunder

Words related to Spoiled

spoilrotten, injured, corrupted, harmed, ruined, sour, wasted, marred, bad, self-indulgent, spoon-fed

Words nearby Spoiled

spoilspode, spodogenous, spodosol, spodumene, spohr, spoil, spoil bank, spoil for, spoil ground, spoilage, spoiled priest

Origin of Spoiled

1300–50; (v.) Middle English spoilen < Old French espoillier < Latin spoliāre to despoil, equivalent to spoli(um ) booty + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) derivative of the v. or < Old French espoille, derivative of espoillier

Other words from Spoiled

spoil·a·ble , adjective
spoil·less , adjective
un·spoil·a·ble , adjective
un·spoiled , adjective

Word origin for Spoiled

C13: from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre to strip, from spolium booty

Synonyms for Spoiled

rotten, corrupted, harmed, injured, marred, ruined, sour, wasted, bad