What does coddle mean?
Coddle means (transitive) To treat gently or with great care..
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/ˈkɒd.əl/ · verb
(transitive) To treat gently or with great care..
How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons of sentinels, sermoners, old aunts, old women from the world without, and have nevertheless escaped from all these guardians, and astonished the world by their extravagance and their frolics?
a coddled egg
It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled, and it makes good Pies.
Use coddle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coddle means (transitive) To treat gently or with great care..
Common synonyms include cosset, pamper, posset, spoil.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons of sentinels, sermoners, old aunts, old women from the world without, and have nevertheless escaped from all these guardians, and astonished the world by their extravagance and their frolics?
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