Synonyms of mollycoddling

mollycoddling

verb

present participle of mollycoddle

as in spoiling

to treat with great or excessive care

refused to mollycoddle her malingering son and sent him off to school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoiling
• indulging
• nursing
• coddling
• babying
• cosseting
• pampering
• pleasing
• dandling
• satisfying
• appeasing
• mothering
• cockering
• delighting
• humoring
• wet-nursing
• catering (to)
• gratifying
• obliging
• soothing
• placating
• contenting
• pacifying
• gladdening
• mollifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abusing
• controlling
• manhandling
• disciplining
• restraining
• mistreating
• maltreating
• misusing
• mishandling
• oppressing
• ill-treating
• neglecting
• ill-using
• violating
• overlooking
• slighting
• harassing
• molesting
• hurting
• tormenting
• harming
• torturing
• persecuting
• victimizing
• outraging
• injuring