malcriar — meaning in English

English meaning

• coddle verb To treat someone with excessive care, protection, or indulgence.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

malcriar is used for these senses in English:

• coddle (transitive) To treat gently or with great care.
• 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.

spoil — full definition

1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
3. verb (of food) To go bad.
4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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