verwöhnen — meaning in English

English meaning

• coddle verb To treat someone with excessive care, protection, or indulgence.
• cosset verb To pamper someone or something, treating them with great care and indulgence.
• featherbed noun A soft mattress filled with feathers.
• indulge verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
• indulgence noun The act of allowing oneself or someone else a pleasure, often more than is wise.
• pamper verb To treat someone with great care, comfort, and indulgence, often more than is really necessary.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

verwöhnen is used for these senses in English:

• coddle (transitive) To treat gently or with great care.
• cosset (transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. [from 1650s]
• featherbed (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
• indulgence The act of catering to someone's every desire.
• pamper (transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
• spoil (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]

coddle — full definition

1. verb To treat someone with excessive care, protection, or indulgence.
2. verb To cook gently in water just below boiling point, especially of eggs.

cosset — full definition

1. verb To pamper someone or something, treating them with great care and indulgence.
2. verb To stroke or cuddle someone gently and affectionately.
3. verb To make things comfortable and easy for someone.

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