Crossword clues for coddled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coddle \Cod"dle\ (k[o^]d"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (-dl[i^]ng).] [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.]
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To parboil, or soften by boiling.
It [the guava fruit] may be coddled.
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To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas!
--Thackeray.He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation.
--Southey.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: coddle)
WordNet
Usage examples of "coddled".
He knew that her energy level was low, and she thoroughly enjoyed the way he coddled her that evening.
The only way he could be confident she was getting what she needed was if he arranged for her to be watched every minute, and coddled and spoiled within an inch of her life.
A few days of being coddled by my parents was just what the doctor ordered.
Other than the vitamin K cream, everything else seemed to be just a variation on an ice pack, but doing it made them feel better and being coddled and fussed over made me feel better.
They could hardly tell their opinions to each other, but they understood one another, and between them they coddled the Prime Minister.
It certainly was the case that among them they coddled the Prime Minister.
It was notorious to him as a member of the Cabinet,--as a colleague living with other colleagues by whom the Prime Minister was coddled, and especially as the husband of his wife, who lived almost continually with the Prime Minister's wife,--that the Duke was cut to the quick by the accusation that he had hounded Ferdinand Lopez to his death.
He had been Mickey's big brother, fighting battles for the two of them, going home to watch his brother coddled by his father.
And this condition has been intensified by the kind of life his mother has made him live, coddled and protected, always thinking and worrying about himself.
It was easy for them, safe, and that was the whole point, after all: a statement of coddled opulence that burned the throats of the poor more than any ostentatious show of wealth.
He should leave them to Reloe's armies, but he fears the wrath of the coddled fools commanding in Aren, not that they'll breathe much longer.
With a face like a wrinkled leather bag, he nonetheless projected a coddled air that was now tinged with indignant hurt.
Hand-fed and coddled from their clutch, they are tame as lambs, and skilled hunters.
She had sheltered and coddled Targutai near to her for so long, the prospect of sending him out into the Bith .
She coddled and guarded the young Kagan fiercely, consenting to only infrequent, short hunting trips with the soldiers, or letting him participate in raids against the Oirat.