BABIED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

babied

verb

past tense of baby

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. — 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

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An intense rainstorm spoiled some of the fanfare around the announcement of a revival (one of the stars, Austin Scott, was supposed to throw out the first pitch), but the day’s larger point was clear.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 28 Sep. 2026
Machado has been living in exile for the last nine months, and has had her plans to return to Venezuela spoiled multiple times.

— Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of spoiled

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Plastic water bottles pile up at shrines to Difunta Correa, who legend says miraculously nursed her infant son after dying of thirst in the desert.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Eli wore skateboard shoes and nursed a giant bottle of Diet Mountain Dew.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of nursed

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My daughter was enchanted by the Balinese rice-on-the-forehead ritual for good fortune that is a part of the arrival, and the front desk staff happily indulged her request to do it again—multiple times a day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
When Maserati brought me back, exhilaration turned to fixation, which Weiss happily indulged by bringing me back for a third time to be coached by Rod Macleod.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of indulged

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For a splurge and pampered stay, book a room at the Inn at Black Star Farms just south of town.

— Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026
Couples like my husband and me, parked in loungers, as well as the occasional small dog, just as pampered as the rest of us.

— Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026

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