COCKERED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

cockered

verb

past tense of cocker

as in spoiled

to treat with great or excessive care overjoyed to be parents at last, they will likely cocker that child shamelessly

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Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding walked out of his press conference to a standing ovation from the donors who had filed into the room after the Rebels had spoiled Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Boston's Trevor Story spoiled the shutout in the ninth with a one-out home run off right-hander Ty Johnson.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 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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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
In Salzburg, Dudamel indulged the Vienna Philharmonic’s incomparable lushness, those plush strings, glowing winds, golden brass, voluminous timpani.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of indulged

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After a multi-year hiatus from the show, Burgess pleased the judges with her first routine with Cameron.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2026
The manner in which Marcos Llorente’s opener for Atletico transpired would not have pleased Andoni Iraola, even if the Spaniard needs time for his team to understand his out-of-possession demands.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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