spoil

Quote

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Definition

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give someone everything they want; give someone lots of good stuff; give someone more stuff than they need; give someone more than they deserve
Also:
give someone so much that s/he no longer appreciates it; give someone too much stuff so the s/he does not value it; impair someone’s ability to understand value by giving them too much

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

You can use spoil in two primary ways:
1. To describe the act of giving someone lots of nice stuff.
For example, if you like to buy nice things for your grandmother because you love her so much, you’re spoil_ing* your grandmother.
- Or –
2. To describe the act of giving too much stuff to a child, making it impossible for him to understand the value of nice stuff.
For example, if a mother bought her child every toy in the world, she would be spoiling*_ the child because he wouldn’t understand that he won’t get everything he wants for the rest of his life.

Examples

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“I love to spoil my girlfriend. She’s so beautiful. I love buying things for her.”

””I always spoil my mom at Christmas. I give her lots of great presents.”“

””I don’t want to spoil my son, but it’s so hard. He’s so cute. I want to give him everything.”“

””I was an only child, so I was a little _spoil_ed* when I was a kid. My parents bought me lots of toys and games.”“

””You are so _spoil_ed*. You think you should get everything you want. Well this is real life. You don’t get everything you want anymore. You’re not living with your parents anymore. Get used to it.”“