mollycoddle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a pampered darling; an effeminate man
Types & categories
- darling hypernym
Related & opposite
- baby derivation
Sense 2 verb
treat with excessive indulgence
grandparents often pamper the children
Types & categories
- treat hypernym
Related & opposite
- indulging derivation
- baby derivation
- mollycoddle derivation
- pamperer derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | baby |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | darling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indulging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | baby |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollycoddle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pamperer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | treat |