Mollycoddle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɑːlɪkɑːdl|  American pronunciation of the word mollycoddle
Brit.  |ˈmɒlɪkɒd(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word mollycoddle

noun

- a pampered darling; an effeminate man

verb

- treat with excessive indulgence (syn: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, pamper, spoil)
Let's not mollycoddle our students!

Extra examples

The coach has been mollycoddling the team's star players.

...refused to mollycoddle her malingering son and sent him off to school...

He had been mollycoddled as a young boy.

Let's not mollycoddle our students!

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: mollycoddle
he/she/it: mollycoddles
present participle: mollycoddling
past tense: mollycoddled
past participle: mollycoddled
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