Babying

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of coddling or pampering somebody.

    "She thought that if she had been beautiful instead of so plain then she might have made out better, but the plainness perhaps went the worst against her; it worked together with the babyings from an Indian; […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of baby form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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babebabebig babychildinfantlove

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"You will make a softy of him with your always babying."

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