pampered

adjective

pam·​pered ˈpam-pərd 

: treated with extreme or excessive care and attention

Politicians are by now used to hearing the complaints of pampered celebrities.

—John Leland

Indeed, there is no place like the home for six Dalmatians owned by exercise guru Richard Simmons, who bought the house next door to his, had it torn down and erected a 10,000-square-foot run for his pampered pooches, who have their own full-time attendant.

—Ann Connors

Examples of pampered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His wife, Sydney Bowles, or Lady Redesdale, was the pampered daughter of the media baron Thomas Gibson Bowles, who, among other ventures, founded Vanity Fair. —Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

Frank DiPalermo gets some great one-liners as Bernie, the lonely homeowner who dotes on his pampered Pomeranian, Sophia. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025

Paltrow, as a pampered rich wife and former actress named Kay Stone, opens the trailer by dressing him down, but Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary (a.k.a. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2025

At some point over the past year, dogs quietly became the most pampered passengers in the sky. —Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1529, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pampered

• unhampered
• hampered
• scampered
• tampered