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Examples of mollycoddle
mollycoddle
For the most part, he has a gentle hand with the youngsters, but doesn't mollycoddle them.
From the chron.com
Why have we become a society that feels the need to mollycoddle workers?
From the forbes.com
Parnets and society must LEAD and protect children, not mollycoddle the little darlings.
From the guardian.co.uk
British society can mollycoddle students all they like and make them think they are all winners.
From the guardian.co.uk
Efficient and charming but never obsequious, the staff expertly mollycoddle their precious customers.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Jetting in from New York, her sister is belatedly determined to mollycoddle her, or perhaps just drive her round the bend.
From the independent.co.uk
We mollycoddle our youngsters and as a result some of them are unable to cope with life's knocks and tumbles.
From the expressandstar.com
It makes for a more exciting adventure when the powerful wizard isn't there to mollycoddle the dwarves and hobbit.
From the guardian.co.uk
But at some point, they have to stand on their own two feet and if we mollycoddle them too much, they will never manage.
From the economist.com
- A pampered darling; an effeminate man
- Pamper: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
- The Mollycoddle is a 1920 film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming.
- A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected; To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper
- (Mollycoddling) Treat (someone) very indulgently or protectively.
- Pamper; fuss over; over-indulge, spoil (someone).
- To treat too leniently.
