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mollycoddle

verb

/ˈmɒlikɒdl/

Meaning

To treat someone in an overprotective and indulgent way.

Parents should avoid mollycoddling their children too much.

pamper, indulge, spoil, coddle

neglect, discipline

mollycoddle children, mollycoddle employees, mollycoddle students

to make less extreme or intense; to control or preside over

to leave someone trapped and isolated, especially on an island

To say aloud something learned, especially poetry or text, from memory.

To make a situation worse or more serious.

to refuse to pay attention to something or someone

to smell strongly and unpleasantly; to give off a bad odor