as in rotten
having undergone organic breakdown
spoiled milk
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or chiefly British spoilt
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as in tainted
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
too much coddling will spoil the child
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as in decomposed
to go through decomposition
the meat has spoiled
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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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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
Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
After today, his legacy and his political future will forever be tainted and spoiled.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
According to public health data, these specific illnesses are typically triggered by undercooked food, spoiled food, or through bacteria that are transmitted directly from a sick person serving food.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Also look for Janelle Monáe, who’s both amusing and charismatic as a spoiled trophy wife.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 May 2026
My girl's gonna get spoiled — that's for sure — from Aunt Julianne.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Venus Soleil Medina Ferrer, one of the female officers detained in the case, testified that women were held in extreme overcrowding with spoiled food, scarce water and almost no medical attention.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Rinse out spoiled oil bottles and repurpose them as stylish storage or decorative accents around your home.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2026
More and more Americans across the spectrum see Netanyahu’s Israel as a spoiled child, and they’re just fed up with it.
—Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 23 May 2026
After all, the Blazers have been spoiled with incredible ownership for over 50 years, even if the fans maybe didn’t know it at the time.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
After the Oilers spoiled Game 1 with a late win, some of Anaheim’s young guns quickly answered those questions.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
That’s right — this is a movie that cannot be spoiled, because there are no spoilers.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
The bad inning spoiled an otherwise strong pitching effort by A’s starter Jeffrey Springs, whose record dipped to 3-4.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
De Vliegende Hollander is a boat ride-meets-coaster with a few exhilarating surprises, best not spoiled by a YouTube ride-through.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
In one scene, Little Death lays outrageously bloody waste to the frisky incoming counselors of Camp Miasma (played by Zach Cherry, Quintessa Swindell, and Eva Victor, among others) in a long take set to a needle drop that shouldn’t be spoiled but that adds up to something worthy of blissing out to.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Suddenly, and very publicly, Russian officials appeared nervous, afraid that their parade would be spoiled.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Adjective
And Jude isn’t above including a mocking slow-motion shot of a spoiled French boy totally whiffing a soccer kick.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
After today, his legacy and his political future will forever be tainted and spoiled.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
According to public health data, these specific illnesses are typically triggered by undercooked food, spoiled food, or through bacteria that are transmitted directly from a sick person serving food.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Also look for Janelle Monáe, who’s both amusing and charismatic as a spoiled trophy wife.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 May 2026
My girl's gonna get spoiled — that's for sure — from Aunt Julianne.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Venus Soleil Medina Ferrer, one of the female officers detained in the case, testified that women were held in extreme overcrowding with spoiled food, scarce water and almost no medical attention.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Rinse out spoiled oil bottles and repurpose them as stylish storage or decorative accents around your home.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2026
More and more Americans across the spectrum see Netanyahu’s Israel as a spoiled child, and they’re just fed up with it.
—Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
Tablets and detachable 2-in-1s give shoppers more versatility than mere laptops, and you are spoiled for choice when shopping for any of these devices for your business or your own work in 2026.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 23 May 2026
After all, the Blazers have been spoiled with incredible ownership for over 50 years, even if the fans maybe didn’t know it at the time.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
After the Oilers spoiled Game 1 with a late win, some of Anaheim’s young guns quickly answered those questions.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
That’s right — this is a movie that cannot be spoiled, because there are no spoilers.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
The bad inning spoiled an otherwise strong pitching effort by A’s starter Jeffrey Springs, whose record dipped to 3-4.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
De Vliegende Hollander is a boat ride-meets-coaster with a few exhilarating surprises, best not spoiled by a YouTube ride-through.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
In one scene, Little Death lays outrageously bloody waste to the frisky incoming counselors of Camp Miasma (played by Zach Cherry, Quintessa Swindell, and Eva Victor, among others) in a long take set to a needle drop that shouldn’t be spoiled but that adds up to something worthy of blissing out to.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Suddenly, and very publicly, Russian officials appeared nervous, afraid that their parade would be spoiled.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoiled
Adjective
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Anyone on the market for a new house over the past six years has had rotten luck.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Advocates say the rotten food and lack of basic medical care is so bad some detainees are even on a hunger strike.—
Nick Caloway,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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After today, his legacy and his political future will forever be tainted and spoiled.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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The review also found Sneed’s testimony was tainted by detectives’ tactics during questioning.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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There have been in-kind donations, and the city has contributed materials such as gravel and decomposed granite for walking paths.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Biodegradable waste consists of organic materials, such as food scraps, vegetable peels, paper, leaves, and agricultural residues, that can be decomposed naturally through microbial processes.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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An estimated 40 percent of the Chernobyl museum was reportedly destroyed, while the NAMU’s landmark building was damaged by a blast wave.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
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According to the Kyiv Post, approximately 40 percent of the National Chernobyl Museum’s artifacts were damaged beyond recovery by the military attacks.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 May 2026
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Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The growth of extremes, if unchecked, could lead to the kind of politics that disastrously poisoned the 1930s.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Little does Linda realize that Bradley has poisoned the meal with deadly berries.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 May 2026
Verb
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Pots simmered on the stove with paella, fruit rotted in bowls next to the junk mail, and the pantry was full of old rusted cans of strange unearthly edibles—bamboo shoots and snails in sauce and lemons floating in brine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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That last line is a nod for the brain-rotted among us.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The case has been marred by controversy, racial tension and threats, while drawing national attention, particularly on social media.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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Now adults, after a childhood marred with tragedy, Guin flogs a memoir only tangentially related to the truth, and Ennis stages a new art exhibit, despite what happened at the last one.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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“Spoiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoiled. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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