as in spoiling
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 babying
Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
However, some have criticized employer techniques for tracking in-office attendance as babying employees and demonstrating an unwarranted lack of trust.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
However, some have criticized employer techniques for tracking in-office attendance as babying employees and demonstrating an unwarranted lack of trust.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babying
Verb
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Pasteurization of milk used for pumpkin spice beverages or apple cider reduces bacteria and can delay spoiling.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t some crytpic way of talking about what happens without spoiling it, about some sort of self-realization.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The intense coddling and dysfunction within the family come to a head at the end of the show opener when a drunken Paul crashes a boat, killing his best friend’s girlfriend, Mallory (Madeline Popovich), and injuring all on board.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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Those softies are going to get more coddling.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Notable — Stout, already nursing a shoulder injury, also injured an ankle late in practice Thursday.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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These migrants became figures left in a historical stasis, unable to face their present while nursing traumatic loss (their nostalgic literature constitutes an entire genre).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Today, guests can enjoy a spot of pampering at the two-story Fairmont Spa, catch some rays at the rooftop pool, and sip cocktails while listening to live jazz at the Alter Ego library bar.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Chocolate cosmos don’t require a lot of pampering.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The other people Ye tries to big-foot into indulging his perverse Peter Pan complex fare more poorly.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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Whether that’s indulging Wes Anderson’s imagination (as a three-time member of his ever-growing ensemble) or producing her own projects, Johansson always manages to surprise.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Babying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babying. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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