[Idiom] meaing of 'spoilt for love-making'?

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Curiosity1

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Hi,

What exactly does the bold sentence in the following para from a novel mean?

Arun was incredibly hotheaded and jealous, and she had only to look languidly at the languid Billy for Arun to start smouldering somewhere deep inside. It might be wonderful to have a smouldering husband in bed later, Meenakshi reflected, but such advantages did not come unadulterated. Sometimes Arun would go into a smouldering sulk, and was quite spoilt for love-making.


Does it mean Arun had any many other choices, besides Meenakshi, for love-making or does it mean Arun was eager to make love with Meenakshi?

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Clarification: This is the point of view of the wife, Meenakshi, about her husban Arun. Arun is a man, Meenakshi is a woman.
 
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She lost her desire to make love when she was in a sulk.
 
Curiosity1: please cite the source (title, author, date, etc) of your text.
 
The writer seems to be confused. If you're hotheaded you don't keep things inside (smolder). Instead, you lash out.

(If you had looked up "spoilt for" it would've answered your question.)
 
The writer seems to be confused. If you're hotheaded you don't keep things inside (smolder). Instead, you lash out.

(If you had looked up "spoilt for" it would've answered your question.)


This is a point of view of the wife, Meenakshi, about her husban Arun. Arun is a man, Meenakshi is a woman.
 
This is a point of view of the wife, Meenakshi, about her husband Arun. Arun is a man, Meenakshi is a woman.

I had figured that out.
:roll:
 
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Poor writing to use languidly and languid in such rapid succession.
 
I guess it's used here to mean sexually appealing.

It's not an everyday word for me, and it rather leaves me cold.

I think the writer means to say that that one is trying to get the other one interested in sex.

I'd say it in a different way.
 
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