as in spoiled
to treat with great or excessive care
he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself
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Recent Examples of babied
The brothers were each two years apart in age, but younger siblings were never babied; Nick recalled being on the receiving end of numerous pummelings by his older brothers.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Outside the woods the whole world babied her.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Jean’s mama reproached her for not having been more careful and babied Wole, ordering him to remove his T-shirt and retrieving an aloe lotion, telling him to stretch out on the couch and instructing Jean to spread it over the tender areas.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Outside the woods the whole world babied her.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Jean’s mama reproached her for not having been more careful and babied Wole, ordering him to remove his T-shirt and retrieving an aloe lotion, telling him to stretch out on the couch and instructing Jean to spread it over the tender areas.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babied
Verb
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San Francisco spoiled a rare Rockies shutout with a two-run homer in the eighth by Drew Gilbert off reliever Blas Castano.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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This expansion has been rumored/teased for a long while now, and it was set to release during a streaming event tomorrow, but its own launcher spoiled the fun by putting up the announcement early.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The textile mill that gave Berkshire its name was the original bad business, one Buffett nursed for 20 years before finally shutting it down.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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In the final four games of the season last year, the Cowboys elected to move Smith to the left tackle spot while Guyton nursed nagging injuries with Dallas out of playoff contention.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
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These men considered the loss of control that such behavior implied-an animal urge indulged by weak men lacking the courage to fight other men directly-to be shameful.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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No matter how much his disability impacted his daily routine, Nic notes that his parents never coddled him.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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That includes dishes such as shrimp po-boy toast with caviar, coddled egg with andouille and tasso, and old bay hollandaise.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Saturday, May 16, some of the girls got pampered at Corazón Cabo's Sparitual spa with foot massages, full-body treatments and more.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Across the manosphere, however, young people are told that before feminism ruined everything, women used to be cherished and pampered by their husbands.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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“Babied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babied. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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