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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• 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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• cater

  1. To provide food or entertainment.
  2. To be particularly attentive or solicitous; minister:
  3. To provide food service for:

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  1. To provide food or entertainment.
  2. To be particularly attentive or solicitous; minister:
  3. To provide food service for:

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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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A person who behaves in a childish, weak, or spoiled way

• weakling

  1. One of weak constitution or character.

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  1. One of weak constitution or character.

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• milquetoast

  1. One who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature.

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  1. One who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature.

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• milksop

  1. A man lacking courage and other qualities deemed manly.

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  1. A man lacking courage and other qualities deemed manly.

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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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