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PAMPER
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pamper ... he / she / it pampers
Past simple: pampered
Past participle: pampered
-ing form: pampering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treat with excessive indulgence
Example:
Let's not mollycoddle our students!
Synonyms:
baby; cocker; coddle; cosset; featherbed; indulge; mollycoddle; pamper; spoil
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "pamper" is one way to...):
do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
pamperer (someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence)
pampering (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)
