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babying

verb , present participle of baby

Synonyms and Antonyms of babying

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

Synonyms of babying

cockering, coddling, cosseting, dandling, indulging, mollycoddling, nursing, pampering, spoiling, wet-nursing

Words Related to babying

catering (to), humoring

contenting, delighting, gladdening, gratifying, mothering, obliging, pleasing, satisfying

appeasing, mollifying, pacifying, placating, soothing

Near Antonyms of babying

controlling, disciplining, restraining

neglecting, overlooking, slighting

molesting, outraging, violating

harassing, harming, hurting, injuring, oppressing, persecuting, tormenting, torturing, victimizing

Antonyms of babying

abusing, ill-treating, ill-using, maltreating, manhandling, mishandling, mistreating, misusing

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