Coddle
['kɒd(ə)l]
Definition
(v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling.
(v. t.) To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
Editor: Shelton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Parboil, boil slightly.[2]. Humor, coax, cajole, wheedle, court, STUFF, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation.[3]. Fondle, caress, pet, treat with fondness, make much of.
Edited by Guthrie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Spoil, humor, pamper, nurse, caress
Checker: Neil
Definition
v.t. to pamper: to fondle: to parboil.—n. an effeminate person.
Typed by Jewel
Examples
- And when they don't, which is most of the time, we deny truth, falsify facts, and prefer the coddling of our theory to any deeper understanding of the real problem before us. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Always preaching, retorted she; always coddling and admonishing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Be satisfied with doctoring and coddling yourself and the children, and let me look as I chuse. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I suspect she is right, and that I've been coddling the fellow as if I'd been his grandmother. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typed by Ewing