Synonyms of coddle

coddle

verb

ˈkä-dᵊl 

1

as in to boil

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam

a hearty, traditional breakfast that included coddled eggs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boil
• poach
• stew
• simmer
• parboil
• steam
• smother
• scald
• braise
• fricassee
• pressure-cook
• reboil

2

as in to spoil

to treat with great or excessive care

accused the judiciary of coddling criminals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoil
• indulge
• nurse
• pamper
• baby
• please
• mollycoddle
• cosset
• appease
• satisfy
• mother
• dandle
• delight
• cocker
• wet-nurse
• placate
• gratify
• soothe
• cater (to)
• humor
• oblige
• mollify
• pacify
• gladden
• content

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mistreat
• restrain
• control
• abuse
• misuse
• discipline
• oppress
• manhandle
• maltreat
• ill-treat
• mishandle
• neglect
• slight
• ill-use
• violate
• overlook
• hurt
• molest
• injure
• harass
• outrage
• harm
• victimize
• persecute
• torment
• torture

Examples of coddle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Botha credits Leone and Jim Goetz, another senior partner, for supporting him without coddling him. —Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024

Until the left takes responsibility for that and stops coddling the mob, there will only be more and more political violence — until the next horrific event. —Shaun McCutcheon, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024

In rhetoric and deed, Republicans have betrayed the United States’ values, coddled its adversaries, and subjugated its interests to the political whims of an incompetent authoritarian. —Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020

But together the three wives managed to hatch out a pack of boys, the Kennedy Third Gen, whom Callahan depicts as morally and intellectually attenuated, coddled, entitled, reckless and as ruinous to women as their fathers and grandfather. —Nina Burleigh, Washington Post, 10 July 2024