Coddle meaning

Verb: coddle

Pronunciation: (ko-d(u)l)

Coddle meaning:

• To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper
  

I was coddled and cosseted by my parents.

The Clinton administration has coddled dictators as few have coddled before.

They’re big boys now. But they’re getting older, so they don’t need to be molly-coddled as much, and lifted up and down so.

Arafat must be made to live up to his promise to fight the terrorists – to stop coddling them.

The administration continues to coddle China despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reforms.

If you coddle her, she’s not going to become what she can.

I was annoyed that he got to read them. This guy, they’ve really coddled him.

I understand the history of our government and how it has coddled these rednecks down here in Mississippi.

He ate coddled eggs yesterday.