spoil
verb [T] (CHILD) /spɔɪl/ (spoiled or spoilt, spoiled or spoilt) disapprovingDefinition
C1 to allow a child to do or have everything that it wants to, usually so that it expects to get everything it wants and does not show respect to other people: Mr Harvey, unable for once to do exactly as he wanted, sulked just like a spoilt child.Treating someone well
(Definition of spoil verb (CHILD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- allowance noun (ACCEPTING)
- be spoilt for choice idiom
- coddle verb (PROTECT)
- cosset verb
- do as you would be done by idiom
- do sb proud idiom
- handle/treat sb with kid gloves idiom
- indulge verb
- indulgence noun
- make much/a lot of sb idiom
- mollycoddle verb
- pamper verb
- pander to sb/sth phrasal verb
- respect verb (HONOUR)
- see sb right idiom
- smother verb (NOT DEVELOP)
- spoil sb rotten idiom
- spoil verb (TREAT WELL)
- succour verb
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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Treating someone well
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