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mollycoddle

verb as in pamper

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Example Sentences

No mollycoddle—but a roaring, six bottle fellow—with a big brain and a scrupulous sense of honor.

They despise from their hearts the mollycoddle who will not risk a wound or a cold for the pleasures of the sun and air.

When one mother tries to be all those things to one son that son has a very fair chance of turning out a mollycoddle.

I was right in refusing to mollycoddle him or put up with any of his callow, unbaked impudence.

I wish to deprive those whom I put in the mollycoddle class, of any argument against good sport.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mollycoddle, such as: baby, caress, coddle, cosset, dandle, and fondle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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