lelliä — meaning in English
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English meaning
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coddle
verb To treat someone with excessive care, protection, or indulgence.
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pamper
verb To treat someone with great care, comfort, and indulgence, often more than is really necessary.
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spoil
verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
Senses
lelliä is used for these senses in English:
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coddle
(transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
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pamper
(transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
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spoil
(transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]
coddle — full definition
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verb To treat someone with excessive care, protection, or indulgence.
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verb To cook gently in water just below boiling point, especially of eggs.
