Mollycoddle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mollycoddle \mollycoddle\ n.
     a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  mollycoddle \mollycoddle\ v. t.
     To pamper or coddle.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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