different between spoiled vs decayed
spoiled
English
Alternative forms
- spoilt
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp??ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Verb
spoiled
- simple past tense and past participle of spoil
Adjective
spoiled (comparative more spoiled, superlative most spoiled)
- (of food) That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
- (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
Usage notes
- Much more common in the US than spoilt, while about as common as spoilt in UK.
Translations
Further reading
- spoiled at OneLook Dictionary Search
- spoiled, spoilt at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams
- despoil, diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, soliped
spoiled From the web:
- what spoiled means
- what spoiled brat means
- what spoiled chicken looks like
- what spoil fasting
- what does spoiled mean
- what do spoiled mean
decayed
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??ke?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Adjective
decayed (comparative more decayed, superlative most decayed)
- Having undergone decay, rotted.
- The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
- (dated) Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
Translations
Verb
decayed
- simple past tense and past participle of decay
decayed From the web:
- decayed meaning
- what decayed plant and animal remains
- what's decayed plant matter
- decayed what part of speech
- what does decayed mean
- what is decayed organic matter
- what is decayed teeth
- what does decayed tooth look like
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