Define the word mollycoddle"mollycoddle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
mollycoddle \mollycoddle\ n.
a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop.
[WordNet 1.5]
"mollycoddle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
mollycoddle \mollycoddle\ v. t.
To pamper or coddle.
[PJC]
"mollycoddle" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
mollycoddle
n : a pampered darling; an effeminate man
v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
[syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
coddle, spoil, indulge]
"mollycoddle" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "mollycoddle":
Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, baby, bay, big baby, cater to,
chicken, cocker, coddle, cosset, cream puff, crybaby, doormat,
dull tool, effeminate, enfant terrible, favor, give way to,
goody-goody, gratify, gutless wonder, humor, indulge, invertebrate,
jellyfish, lightweight, lily, meek soul, milksop, much,
namby-pamby, nance, nancy, naughty child, nebbish, nonentity,
oblige, old woman, pamper, pansy, pantywaist, please, pushover,
sad sack, satisfy, sissy, softling, softy, sop, spoil,
spoiled child, weak sister, weakling, yield to
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