mollycoddle
noun
a man or boy who is used to being coddled; a milksop.
mollycoddled
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past participleof mollycoddle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mollycoddle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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His passion for her grows to such a pitch that he starts bounding up stairs instead of crawling over them like a mollycoddled toddler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
I went from my parents’ mollycoddled child to an adult that had to do their own laundry.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
“I don’t think we can be mollycoddled to live in a bubble the whole time.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2021
One of the great things about being in a group is also the worst thing about being in a group: You’re very mollycoddled, you’re encouraged to escape reality.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2017
Miss Gray will have to be mollycoddled, and grandmothered, and what-not.
From Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund by Alice B. Emerson
