Mollycoddling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of excessive pampering. countable, uncountable

    "Such prissy mollycoddlings of audience expectations were shortly to come under heavyweight siege from a variety of filmmakers in the 1950s – not least the aforementioned Otto Preminger."

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

Synonyms

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gratificationindulgencepermissivenesspleasing

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"You can't keep mollycoddling your child or they could come out pathetic."

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