mollycoddle

verbpamper

Synonyms for mollycoddle

verb pamper

Antonyms for mollycoddle

ignore

Word Origin & History

also molly-coddle, 1870, from a noun (1833) meaning "one who coddles himself," from Molly (pet name formation from Mary), which had been used contemptuously since 1754 for "a milksop, an effeminate man," + coddle (q.v.). Related: Mollycoddled; mollycoddling.

Example Sentences for mollycoddle

But to the Mollycoddle she apportions dyspepsia and black bile.

Nations, like men, may be classified roughly as Red-blood and Mollycoddle.

The Mollycoddle engenders ideas, and the Red-blood exploits them.

To be born a Mollycoddle in America is to be born to a hard fate.

The Mollycoddle also despises the Red-blood, but he cannot do without him.

Still, primarily, the Mollycoddle is a critic, not a man of action.

The Red-blood joins societies; the Mollycoddle is a non-joiner.

Then comes the Mollycoddle, divining all, possessing and offering all.

He despises her because of the Mollycoddle he divines in her.

Hence the fact, noted by a cynic, that it is the Mollycoddle who cuckolds the Red-blood.

mollycoddle

Synonyms for mollycoddle

Antonyms for mollycoddle

coddling

indulge

indulged

indulging

mama's boy

mollycoddle

Synonyms for mollycoddle

Antonyms for mollycoddle

More words related to mollycoddle

coddle

coddling

indulge

indulged

indulging

mama's boy