bedwetting
or bed-wet·ting
urinating in bed, especially habitually and involuntarily; enuresis.
Informal: Often Disparaging. exhibition of emotional overreaction, as anxiety or alarm, to events, especially major decisions or outcomes: No doubt the executive order will be received by environmentalists with the usual bedwetting.
Origin of bedwetting
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How to use bedwetting in a sentence
Symptoms during the early stages include detachment and aggression as well as insomnia, bed-wetting, and nightmares.
This not only makes you look like a louse, it makes you look like a helpless, bed-wetting man-child.
Arnold's Divorce Scandal: 7 Basic Tips for Horny Politicians | Michelle Cottle | May 18, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTA somewhat corresponding condition in girls occasionally causes bed-wetting and other troubles.
Nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting) usually is found to "run in families."
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerNow we know from neuropsychology that burning ambition in later years represents a reaction formation to infantile bed wetting.
Sleep Walking and Moon Walking | Isidor Isaak Sadger
The physician should be consulted in all instances where the habit of bed wetting extends beyond three years.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerHow should a young child addicted to bed-wetting be managed?
The Care and Feeding of Children | L. Emmett Holt
British Dictionary definitions for bed-wetting
the act or habit of involuntarily urinating in bed: Technical name: enuresis
Derived forms of bed-wetting
- bed-wetter, noun
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