Pamper
['pæmpə] or ['pæmpɚ]
Definition
(verb.) treat with excessive indulgence; 'grandparents often pamper the children'; 'Let's not mollycoddle our students!'.
Checker: Spenser--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
(v. t.) To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination.
Edited by Bertram
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Feed to excess, feed luxuriantly.[2]. Indulge (unduly), cocker.
Edited by Christine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Feed, glut, spoil, indulge, cocker
ANT:Harden, starve, inure, stint, discipline
Typed by Dave
Definition
v.t. to feed with fine food: to gratify to the full: to glut.—ns. Pam′peredness; Pam′perer.
Inputed by Erma
Examples
- She did not mean to pamper herself any longer, to go without food because her surroundings made it unpalatable. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Yes; then there was missy, my cousin: little spoiled, pampered thing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Rosalie