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as in spoiled
to treat with great or excessive care
accused the judiciary of coddling criminals
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as in pampered
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Recent Examples of coddled
Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Call us coddled, or sensitive snowflakes, or whatever.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
My 6-foot frame was fully coddled in the driver’s seat, while also fitting behind the driver’s seat when adjusted for me.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Call us coddled, or sensitive snowflakes, or whatever.
—Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
My 6-foot frame was fully coddled in the driver’s seat, while also fitting behind the driver’s seat when adjusted for me.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddled
Verb
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The juice is extracted, boiled, cleaned of impurities, and crystallized.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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The recipe calls for the watery stalks to be boiled in meat broth and served chilled, accompanied with ketchup and anchovies.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ipswich Town spoiled the party in 1982, and West Ham United did so in 2021.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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My group chats blew up when the news was official, because about an hour prior certain music news social media accounts did their best Woj impression and spoiled the announcement with some of us not yet ready to call it, even if betting markets had Bunny as the favorite.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Their pampered children were the local bullies who even managed to irritate the good-natured doctor.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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They’re supposedly quite pampered throughout the process, but the process still takes a toll on their health over time.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Its specialty menu blends Haitian cuisine and American favorites with oxtail and griot pizzas, Haitian pasta and stewed chicken.—
Loán Lake,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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The two meats were stewed, roasted, grilled and breaded.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Aztecs speared and ate them, and Catholic monks indulged on the aquatic delicacies on days they weren’t allowed to eat red meat.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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At one point Wednesday, the judge indulged their request to meet with Adelson and the attorneys at a side bar out of the public’s earshot.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The scandal exposed how some wealthy families cheated and bribed to secure spots for their children at elite universities, sparking nationwide outrage over denied opportunities for more deserving students.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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In this creative director, Balenciaga’s parent company Kering has nabbed for itself a top couturier with a pent-up following of wealthy people who will freely spend.—
Sarah Mower,
Vogue,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The breast milk changed aroma, and babies adjusted feeding – some even nursed longer – showing that flavors from a mother’s diet carry into milk and could shape early taste learning.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Sep. 2025
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Much of the audience is clearly children, the Gen Alpha tweens nursed on Cocomelon and Baby Shark hi-jinks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
Cite this Entry
“Coddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coddled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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