To treat with indulgence and often overtender care

• spoil

  1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.
  3. To plunder; despoil.

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  1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.
  3. To plunder; despoil.

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• pamper

  1. To treat with excessive indulgence:
  2. To give in to; gratify:
  3. To indulge with rich food; glut.

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  1. To treat with excessive indulgence:
  2. To give in to; gratify:
  3. To indulge with rich food; glut.

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• overindulge

  1. To indulge (a desire, craving, or habit) to excess:
  2. To indulge (a person) excessively:
  3. To indulge in something to excess.

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  1. To indulge (a desire, craving, or habit) to excess:
  2. To indulge (a person) excessively:
  3. To indulge in something to excess.

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• mollycoddle

  1. To be overprotective and indulgent toward.
  2. A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.

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  1. To be overprotective and indulgent toward.
  2. A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.

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• indulge

  1. To yield to (a desire or whim); gratify:
  2. To yield to the desires or whims of (someone), often excessively:
  3. To grant an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation to.

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  1. To yield to (a desire or whim); gratify:
  2. To yield to the desires or whims of (someone), often excessively:
  3. To grant an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation to.

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• cosset

  1. To pamper.
  2. A pet, especially a pet lamb.

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  1. To pamper.
  2. A pet, especially a pet lamb.

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• coddle

  1. To cook in water just below the boiling point:
  2. To treat indulgently; baby.

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  1. To cook in water just below the boiling point:
  2. To treat indulgently; baby.

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• baby

  1. A very young child; an infant.
  2. An unborn child; a fetus.
  3. The youngest member of a family or group.

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  1. A very young child; an infant.
  2. An unborn child; a fetus.
  3. The youngest member of a family or group.

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To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another)

• indulge

  1. To yield to (a desire or whim); gratify:
  2. To yield to the desires or whims of (someone), often excessively:
  3. To grant an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation to.

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  1. To yield to (a desire or whim); gratify:
  2. To yield to the desires or whims of (someone), often excessively:
  3. To grant an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation to.

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• humor

  1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
  2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
  3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd:

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  1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness:
  2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
  3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd:

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• gratify

  1. To please or satisfy:
  2. To give in to (a desire); indulge:
  3. To reward.

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  1. To please or satisfy:
  2. To give in to (a desire); indulge:
  3. To reward.

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