ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Coddled

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Coddled is an adjective meaning Pampered; overprotected and/or overindulged.

Meaning

Pampered; overprotected and/or overindulged.

More Meanings

  1. Stewed or simmered.
  2. simple past and past participle of coddle

Example Sentences

For a perfect product for apple sauce the score is 100; for baked apple, 48; and for coddled apple, 44 as indicated on grading sheets.
The "coddled" prisoner has been the subject of more newspaper editorials, and more discussion by the general public than almost any other phase of our criminal problem.
Whatever its beginnings, the original salad of romaine lettuce mixed with grated cheese, coddled eggs and bread cubes fried in olive oil started a no-end-in-sight trend.
I don't think any of us did at that point ... nurses and doctors were very, very coddled at that point. They needed us so much that they didn't make us do a lot of things.

Synonyms for coddled

Depending on context, synonyms include soft, pampered, spoiled.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pampered, soft, spoiled, mollycoddled, babied, nurtured.

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