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Meaning of spoil someone rotten | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Español tener en palmitas

Examples

“Naylonfred had spoiled them rotten, making them selfish and demanding.”

“She spoiled him rotten and introduced him to a life that wasn't really good for him.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

spoil the market spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar spoil'd spoiled spoiled somebody rotten spoiled someone rotten