cosseting

verb

present participle of cosset
as in spoiling
to treat with great or excessive care a luxury spa where guests are cosseted with no expense spared

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Recent Examples of cosseting Great Magnificent Mile location for exploring the city, and a cosseting base to retreat to when exhausted. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026 Beneath a soaring wooden ceiling hung with a trio of dramatically oversize string lamps, Turner softened the blues and dialed up the tactile richness, establishing a more mature, cosseting mood. — Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosseting
  1. spoiling
  2. indulging
  3. nursing
  4. pampering
  5. coddling
  6. babying
  7. pleasing
Verb
  • Ballot spoiling was the subject of a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Republican group.
    — Scott Bauer, Twin Cities, 29 July 2026
  • The Bandits put together a rally in the bottom of the seventh, spoiling Fouts’ shutout performance as Skylar Wallace laced an RBI single into left to bring home Keirstin Roose.
    — Molly Keshin, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of spoiling
Verb
  • Bardstown Bourbon Company, which is well known for indulging its experimental impulses, decided to blend together bourbon and rye and finish it in pineapple rum barrels with pieces of pineapple added to the whiskey for good measure.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026
  • On that note, resist the urge to bury discomfort by indulging, shopping or being stubbornly silent.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Definition of indulging
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  • Nose tackle Bobby Brown returned to practice Monday after nursing a hamstring injury throughout the first week of camp.
    — Mike Kaye August 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026
  • More scientifically referred to as retrograde duct flow, this is the mechanism by which breastfeeding babies shoot spit into the nipple of whomever is nursing them.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 29 July 2026
Definition of nursing
Verb
  • An emphasis on wellness means not only pampering spa treatments but advanced health tech, movement, and meditation sessions over an entire floor.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
  • Anthropologie’s Summer Sale is pampering fashion insiders with 50-percent-off deals stacked on top of already on-sale buys, reflected in cart.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
Definition of pampering
Verb
  • Asking for sportsbook revenue while simultaneously watering down the product and coddling rule-breakers with minor-league rehab is a terrible look.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • This lifestyle caused many citizens to accuse the military of coddling the enemy.
    — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026
Definition of coddling
Verb
  • No one’s babying him (at Houston).
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of babying
Verb
  • Former Angels executives, however, can recite chapter and verse the difficulty of pleasing Moreno.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • The result is an easy, crowd-pleasing frozen Mississippi mud pie that’s equally at home at a summer cookout or holiday gathering.
    — Matt Lewis, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 July 2026
Definition of pleasing

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“Cosseting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosseting. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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