treat+with+indulgence
11coddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humor, pamper. See leniency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cook gently] Syn. simmer, poach, steam; see cook . 2. [To pamper] Syn. indulge, cosset, favor, baby; see pamper . III (Roget s 3… …
12mollycoddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. milksop, sissy, pantywaist (sl.). See cowardice. v. t. pamper, coddle, spoil. See leniency. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. recreant, craven, milquetoast, weakling; see coward . v. Syn. pamper, coddle, spoil …
13pamper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humor, indulge, spoil, pet, coddle, gratify, overindulge. See leniency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spoil, indulge, baby, pet, cater to, humor, gratify, yield to, coddle, overindulge, dote on, please,… …
14cosset — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. pamper, fondle, coddle, pet. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To treat with indulgence and often overtender care: baby, cater, coddle, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, spoil. See TREAT WELL …
15overindulge — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To treat with indulgence and often overtender care: baby, cater, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil. See TREAT WELL …
16forbear — I verb abstain, be patient, be temperate, be tolerant, bear with, break off, cease, decline, delay enforcing rights, deny oneself, desist from, dispense with, do without, endure, forgo, hold back, hold in abeyance, hold off, keep back, keep from …
17bear — / bar/ vb bore / bōr/, borne, / bōrn/, also, born vt 1: to physically carry (as an object or message) the right of the people to keep and bear arms U.S. Constitution amend. II …
18forbear — I. v. n. 1. Stop, pause, cease, desist, stay, hold, break off, leave off, give over. 2. Abstain, refrain. 3. Be tolerant, endure, be patient. II. v. a. 1. Shun, decline, avoid. 2. Omit, withhold, abstain from. 3 …
19fondle — (v.) 1690s, treat with indulgence and affection, frequentative of fond dote upon (see FOND (Cf. fond)). Sense of caress first recorded 1796. Related: Fondled; fondling (1670s as a pp. adjective) …
20pamper / pander — To pamper is to coddle, or treat with indulgence: The only time my mom pampers me is when I m sick. To pander is to cater to the base needs of others, to sell out: Senator Throckmorton got elected by pandering to special interest groups …
