spoiled
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2.7
- adjective
- /spɔɪld/
- Offensive
:
mimado
- The spoiled child threw a tantrum when he couldn't have a new toy.
And if she wins, they're going to be weak, spoiled little brats.
- And if she wins, they're going to be weak, spoiled little brats.
- But even with raising kids, how unbelievably spoiled we all are, right?
- You say Audrey is a spoiled brat and Matt is a fat ass.
- But like any spoiled child, he does not know when to quit.
- They have proven over and over and over again they're not a spoiled, selfish bunch of brats.
- These kids are spoiled little brats.
- The son on the other hand, was what I call spoiled brat.
Examples
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Once again, I thought, my spoiled sister gets away with something terrible.
Fiction book (1999) -
But like any spoiled child, he does not know when to quit.
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Or will he run like the spoiled rich boy I always took him for?
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Annie: I know a spoiled child when I see one.
Fiction book (2000) -
White America is too polite, too content, too spoiled, and too busy having fun to pay attention.
Blog text (19) -
I was a rude, ugly, stupid, boring, spoiled child.
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But even with raising kids, how unbelievably spoiled we all are, right?
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Of all the kids, he had always been the sullen one, the spoiled.
Fiction book (2000) -
"I want him to be a man," his father had said, "not a spoiled-rotten socialite like your brothers."
Fiction book (1994) -
A stubborn, spoiled, always-gets-his-way bully.
Synonyms
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5.5
To behave in a rude, spoiled way like a child
To be given a lot of care and attention by others so you become pampered
A child who behaves badly and expects special treatment
Antonyms
10
4.2
Acting in a controlled, orderly way and following rules because of training or self-control
Compounds
- Offensive
An insulting nickname for the University of Southern California that says its students are mostly rich
How Selfish
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5.3
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6.9
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1.0
- Offensive
- US
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3.9
- Offensive
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2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spoiled comes from the same root as the word spoils, like in the phrase 'the spoils of war', and the Latin spoliare, meaning 'to plunder' or 'to ruin'. So a spoiled child is one whose character has been 'ruined' by too many gifts or too much attention.