spoilt
adjective/spɔɪlt/
/spɔɪlt/
(British English) (also spoiled
Idioms /spɔɪld/
/spɔɪld/
North American English, British English)- (of a child) rude and badly behaved because they are given everything they ask for and not enough discipline
- a spoiled brat
- He's spoilt rotten (= a lot).
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Idioms
be spoilt for choice
- (British English) to have such a lot of things to choose from that it is very difficult to make a decisionTopics Preferences and decisionsc1
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