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mollycoddle
to treat with excessive indulgence and protection
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Questions about “mollycoddle”
Mollycoddle (verb) means to treat with excessive indulgence and protection
Here is mollycoddle used in an example sentence: "Critics argued that the program mollycoddled employees rather than challenging them."
Common synonyms for mollycoddle include pamper, coddle, indulge, spoil.
Antonyms of mollycoddle include neglect, toughen.
Mollycoddle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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