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cosset

verbCommon GRE wordMore C words

to care for and protect in an overly indulgent way; to pamper or coddle

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Cosset in a sentence

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His overprotective parents cosseted him so thoroughly that he struggled to manage on his own at university.

Synonyms
pamperindulgecoddlemollycoddle
Antonyms
neglectdeprivedisciplineharden
Common questions

Questions about “cosset

Cosset (verb) means to care for and protect in an overly indulgent way; to pamper or coddle
Here is cosset used in an example sentence: "His overprotective parents cosseted him so thoroughly that he struggled to manage on his own at university."
Common synonyms for cosset include pamper, indulge, coddle, mollycoddle.
Antonyms of cosset include neglect, deprive, discipline, harden.
Cosset is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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