You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women.
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Mollycoddle
//ˈmɑl.iˌkɑd.əl//
Synonyms for "mollycoddle" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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Translations
39 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τηθαλλαδοῦς noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мамино детенце noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- глезя verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- изнежвам verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Czech
2 entries- mazánek noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- rozmazlovat verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Dutch
4 entries- moederskindje noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- wekeling noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- bemoederen verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- pamperen verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Finnish
1 entries- mammanpoika noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
French
2 entries- couver verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- materner verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
German
1 entries- verhätscheln verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Greek
3 entries- παραχαϊδεμένος noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- κανακεύω verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- παραχαϊδεύω verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Hungarian
4 entries- ajnároz verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- babusgat verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- elkényeztet verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- kényeztet verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Irish
1 entries- peata mamaí noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
Italian
4 entries- beniamino noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- cocco noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- coccolo noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- prediletto noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
Māori
1 entries- morimori verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Polish
2 entries- rozpieszczać verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
- rozpieścić verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Russian
1 entries- балова́ть verb (to be overprotective and indulgent toward)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- mamina maza noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- maza noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- razmaženko noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
Sicilian
1 entries- papareḍḍa noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
Turkish
2 entries- hanım evladı noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
- muhallebi çocuğu noun (person who is pampered and overprotected)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.
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Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer.
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Rich countries also need more competition in traditionally mollycoddled sectors such as education.
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