pamper (verb)

  • 21coddle — verb your sons are too old for you to be coddling them Syn: pamper, cosset, mollycoddle; spoil, indulge, overindulge, pander to; baby, mother, wait on hand and foot Ant: neglect …

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  • 22indulge — verb 1) Seth indulged his passion for vintage stemware Syn: satisfy, gratify, fulfill, feed, accommodate; yield to, give in to, give way to 2) she seldom indulged in sentimentality Syn: wallow in, give oneself up to …

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  • 23mollycoddle — verb his parents mollycoddle him Syn: pamper, cosset, coddle, spoil, indulge, overindulge, pet, baby, nanny, wait on hand and foot …

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  • 24overindulge — verb 1) we overindulged at Christmas Syn: drink/eat too much, overeat, overdrink, be greedy, be intemperate, overdo it, drink/eat to excess, gorge (oneself), feast, gourmandize, gluttonize; informal binge, stuff oneself, go overboard, make a pig… …

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  • 25spoil — verb 1) too much sun spoils the complexion Syn: mar, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm; ruin, destroy, wreck; be a blot on the landscape Ant …

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  • 26indulge — verb 1) Sally indulged her passion for chocolate Syn: satisfy, gratify, fulfil, feed, yield to, give in to 2) she did not like her children to be indulged Syn: pamper, spoil, overindulge, coddle …

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  • 27spoil — verb 1) smoking spoils your complexion Syn: damage, ruin, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, deface, harm, destroy, wreck 2) rain spoiled my plans Syn: ruin …

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  • 28featherbed — I noun a mattress stuffed with feathers • Syn: ↑feather bed • Hypernyms: ↑mattress II verb 1. treat with excessive indulgence grandparents often pamper the children …

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  • 29coddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humor, pamper. See leniency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cook gently] Syn. simmer, poach, steam; see cook . 2. [To pamper] Syn. indulge, cosset, favor, baby; see pamper . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 30indulge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pamper, spoil, favor, humor; gratify; take pleasure(in); revel. See intemperance, permission, leniency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To humor] Syn. pamper, spoil, coddle; see humor , pamper . 2. [To give …

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