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/ˈmɒl.ɪˌkɒd.əl/ · noun
(now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected..
You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women.
No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.
Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer.
Rich countries also need more competition in traditionally mollycoddled sectors such as education.
Use molly coddle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Molly coddle means (now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected..
Common synonyms include indulge, cosset, pamper, coddle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You have been bred up as a molly-coddle, Pen, and spoilt by the women.
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