mollycoddle
a pampered darling;
an effeminate man
• Hypernyms:
darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie,
deary, ducky
treat with excessive indulgence
- grandparents often pamper the children
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
• Syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
coddle, spoil, indulge
• Derivationally related forms:
indulging (for: indulge), indulgence (for: indulge), spoiler (for: spoil), mollycoddler, coddler (for: coddle), baby (for: baby), pamperer (for: pamper), pampering (for: pamper)
• Hypernyms:
treat, handle, do by
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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