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adjective

as in pampered

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verb

past tense of coddle
1
as in boiled
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam a hearty, traditional breakfast that included coddled eggs

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2
as in spoiled
to treat with great or excessive care accused the judiciary of coddling criminals

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Recent Examples of coddled
Verb
Unlike humans, digital creations don’t need to be pampered, fed or emotionally coddled. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026 They shouldn’t be coddled; instead, they should be challenged. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 24 June 2026 She has been coddled and cloistered within her city, but the spreading vegetation interferes with that way of life. — Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 17 June 2026 No matter how much his disability impacted his daily routine, Nic notes that his parents never coddled him. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 That includes dishes such as shrimp po-boy toast with caviar, coddled egg with andouille and tasso, and old bay hollandaise. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2026 Mornings start at the barn-style main restaurant, where the tight breakfast menu includes mushroom noodles, yak yogurt granola, and coddled eggs with cordyceps (a local edible fungi) alongside a small buffet spread of fresh bread, yak butter, jam, and tsampa (buckwheat flour) for porridge. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026 Cooked slowly in a hot water bath, coddled eggs are one of the most luxurious ways to enjoy eggs at home. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026 Goetz understood this disorder not as the product of scant civic resources or state retreat but rather as the result of liberal misrule—do-gooder bureaucrats, failed social programs, and a city that had coddled the undeserving and the criminal. — Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddled
  1. pampered
  2. boiled
  3. spoiled
  4. wealthy
  5. stewed
  6. indulged
  7. affluent
  8. nursed
Adjective
  • The club’s members, including an industrialist and his expatriate niece, the president and his pampered wife, and a slew of Chinese tourists, engage in a complex dance with the doting and subservient staff.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • The experience—in keeping with the ROKI Collection philosophy of intentional luxury and tranquility--is all about disconnecting from the outside world and reconnecting with nature, but in pampered fashion.
    — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of pampered
Verb
  • The shepherd observed as Underwood boiled and stirred and filtered his brew.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
Definition of boiled
Verb
  • Of course, sports lovers have been spoiled this summer, between the recent Knicks victory, the WNBA season, Wimbledon, the World Cup, and the Tour de France.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 14 July 2026
  • Roughly 85 million pounds of food was stored in the Los Palos Street warehouse, with most of it now spoiled and rotting.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 13 July 2026
Definition of spoiled
Adjective
  • Sonya had married a man from a wealthy family but had quickly learned that none of the family money was hers.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • The only Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach county candidates who reported taking in more cash in the quarter are wealthy candidates who are pouring millions of dollars of their own money into their efforts to get to Congress.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
Definition of wealthy
Verb
  • For the past six months, the Aussies have stewed – and rallied — behind a one-word analysis from the World Cup draw that put them in the same four-team pod with Team USA, Turkey and Paraguay.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • Without the feel-good story of a Cal Ripken to turn things around, NHL owners simply stewed.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
Definition of stewed
Verb
  • Within the home, the dogs were indulged to an unusual degree, holding status as nearly full members of the family.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Portugal, as our crew wrote, indulged Ronaldo and paid the price.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of indulged
Adjective
  • But there is a world of difference between that and very affluent people who pay full freight at private universities.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • The chain on Thursday opened its first location in Mexico, with a storefront in San Pedro Garza García, an affluent suburb of Monterrey.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Definition of affluent
Verb
  • Utah politicians felt very slighted and upset by the designation and nursed that grudge along for 20 years.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
  • More important, Tubbs detected in Ferguson someone who, under the feral exterior, shared his affection for hard work and heterodox thinking and quietly nursed a desire to become part of something larger than himself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of nursed

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