Mollycoddling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of mollycoddle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"You can't keep mollycoddling your child or they could come out pathetic."