mollycoddled
past simple and past participle ofmollycoddle
mollycoddle
verb[T]
informalmainlydisapprovinguk/ˈmɒl.iˌkɒd.əl/us/ˈmɑː.liˌkɑː.dəl/to give someone too muchcareorprotection:
You're nothelpingthechildrenby mollycoddling them - they have togrowupsometime.
Synonyms
babyinformal
coddle(PROTECT)
cosset
indulge
pamper
spoil
Defending and protecting
- anti-bug
- anti-mosquito
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- buffer
- defence
- defend
- defensive
- harbour
- harm
- have (got)someone'sbackidiom
- hold off
- inoculation
- killsomeonewith kindnessidiom
- sheltered
- shield
- splashproof
- takesomeoneunderyourwingidiom
- watchyourbackidiom
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Treating someone well
Examplesofmollycoddled
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They must not be armed with pikes, but they can't expect to bemollycoddled.
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If the tenants wish to be furthermollycoddled, let them be so at their own risk because they will lose the goodwill of the landlords.
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The equity of the system is difficult to perceive, although no service man would wish to expect to bemollycoddled.
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Let no one imagine that the textile industry seeks to bemollycoddled.
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They do not want to bemollycoddledby employers.
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They are not crying out to bemollycoddled.
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We do not want themmollycoddled.
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I doubt very much whether our judges wish to bemollycoddled, if that is not too strong a term, in the way that is proposed here.
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Why should these people bemollycoddled?
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Aradhya is a pretty, naive, free willed girl who stays with her family and has beenmollycoddledby her parents.
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