spoil

Pronunciation

• enPR: spoil IPA ^(key): /spɔɪl/
• SAMPA: /spOIl/

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Verb

Plain form spoil

Third-person singular spoils

Past tense spoiled

Past participle spoiled

Present participle spoiling

Plain form spoil

Third-person singular spoils

Past tense spoilt

Past participle spoilt

Present participle spoiling

1. If something spoils it becomes no good. This is often due to rotting.

   If found my lunch was spoiled.

2. If you spoil something, you ruin it, you make it no good.

   I think I spoiled my presentation by forgetting my data.

3. If you spoil your child, you overpamper them and harm the character of them.

Synonyms

• ruin
• rot
• decay

Related words

• spoilage
• spoiled rotten