coddling

NOUN

indulgence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extravagance kindness leniency permissiveness privilege

STRONG

allowance appeasement attention courtesy endurance excess favor fondling fondness forbearance fulfillment goodwill hedonism immoderation intemperance intemperateness lenience pampering partiality patience petting pleasing profligacy satiation satisfaction service spoiling tolerance toleration understanding

WEAK

babying favoring gratifying kowtowing placating profligateness toadying treating

Antonyms

STRONG

disapproval disfavor disregard dissatisfaction frustration intolerance need want

WEAK

abstention care moderation temperance

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Well-nigh every lady we saw in a carriage had hired one o' them plumes for the day, and had it niddle noddling on her head.

From Mary Barton by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Her head felt absurdly like one of those noddling manikins in the Hong-Kong curio-shops.

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold

Robin struck up and played away merrily, the bishop all the while in great delight, noddling his head, and beating time with his foot, till the bride and bridegroom appeared.

From Maid Marian by Peacock, Thomas Love

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