Cosseting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cosseting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of cosset.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of cosset.
More Meanings
- The act by which somebody is cosseted or pampered.
Example Sentences
It was decided that she should go for a week or two to Rose Lodge to regain her strength, and submit to the welcome cossetings of her mother and grandmother.
As Guy de Jonquières has noted, Singapore’s success owes more to the fact that it is a “meticulously planned economy” with “handholding and cosseting” of overseas investors by “powerful, eager to please bureaucrats”.
Word Forms
- cossetings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, indulge, baby, spoil.
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