mollycoddle \mollycoddle\ n.
a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mollycoddle \mollycoddle\ v. t.
To pamper or coddle.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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