mollycoddle

[US]/ˈmɒlikɒdl/
[UK]/ˈmɑːlikɑːdl/
Häufigkeit: Sehr Hoch

Übersetzung

vt. übermäßig verwöhnen
Wortformen
Partizip Perfektmollycoddled
Präteritummollycoddled
Partizip Präsensmollycoddling
3. Person Singularmollycoddles
Pluralmollycoddles

Beispiele aus der Praxis

You don't have to mollycoddle me.

Quelle: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

Could it be we are mollycoddling young people for longer - that means protecting them and looking after them?

Quelle: 6 Minute English

When you mollycoddle someone, you are treating that person with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence or attention.

Quelle: Word of the Day

Regardless, mollycoddle was formed by combining the " pamper" sense of coddle with the word Molly, a nickname for Mary.

Quelle: Word of the Day

In its earliest known uses in the mid-1800s, mollycoddle was a noun, a disparaging and now-dated synonym of our modern word wimp.

Quelle: Word of the Day

In Spain 46% of young people under the age of 25 are out of work because there is a two-tier system, with mollycoddled “permanent” workers and easy-to-fire “temporary” workers, who are disproportionately young.

Quelle: The Economist - Comprehensive

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