1. to treat someone with excessive care or kindness, especially in a way that prevents them from becoming independent or strong
Usage: often disapproving

1. a person who has been excessively pampered or protected
Usage: often disapproving

Examples

• Don’t mollycoddle the children or they’ll never learn to be independent.
• His parents mollycoddled him throughout his childhood.
• The coach refused to mollycoddle the players during training.
• She was raised as a mollycoddle and couldn’t handle any criticism.
• Stop mollycoddling yourself and face the challenge head-on.
• The school’s policy was not to mollycoddle students who struggled academically.