What does cosseting mean?
Cosseting means present participle and gerund of cosset.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of cosset.
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”.
Use cosseting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cosseting means present participle and gerund of cosset.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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