kid-glove

adjective

Definition of kid-glovenext
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Recent Examples of kid-glove That’s not, and shouldn’t be, an activity given kid-glove treatment. — Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025 Even as the regime’s aggression has escalated, this president has continued a kid-glove treatment against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism in a desperate hope to secure a deal. — Sen. Ted Budd, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid-glove
  1. courteous
  2. obsequious
  3. civil
  4. polite
  5. hagiographic
  6. sycophantic
  7. servile
Adjective
  • The Loren is well-staffed by a courteous team of hotel professionals, many of whom have worked in the industry for years, so expect a high level of service throughout.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • Hickok, for all his later derring-do, was reportedly courteous, quiet, and perhaps a bit standoffish.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
Definition of courteous
Adjective
  • As a friend — her friends all know that Bobbi was singular — ever thoughtful, never obsequious, sometimes obstinate, always honest.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
  • To cede all of that ground to the executive, and to do so in such an obsequious way, is shameful.
    — KEN BURNS, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Definition of obsequious
Adjective
  • While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people!
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Bombardier has described the Global 8000 as the world’s fastest civil aircraft since Concorde.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of civil
Adjective
  • Trump had entered the ballroom to polite applause, and was thanked for his support by outgoing White House Correspondents’ Association president Weijia Jiang of CBS News.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 25 July 2026
  • Harris said James would be welcomed in Philly with open arms; James was polite but didn’t tip his hand.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of polite
Adjective
  • Though mighty hagiographic, McPhee’s ability to break down a player’s gifts makes a poetic case for the game.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • While these celebrity docs are hagiographic and formulaic, the interviews with Nadal and family and rivals like Federer and Novak Djokovic do push beyond the surface.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Definition of hagiographic
Adjective
  • Like all other generative chatbots, its replies are sycophantic.
    — Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
  • In an interview with Mostly Human spotted by MacRumors, Craig Federighi said Apple’s new Siri won’t act all sycophantic like chatbots made by OpenAI, Google, and others.
    — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 12 June 2026
Definition of sycophantic
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, Trump takes servile flattery as his due.
    — Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.
    — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Definition of servile

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“Kid-glove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid-glove. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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