Antonyms for coddle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kod-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒd l

Definition of coddle

Origin : c.1600, "boil gently," probably from caudle "warm drink for invalids" (c.1300), from Anglo-French caudel (c.1300), ultimately from Latin calidium "warm drink, warm wine and water," neuter of calidus "hot," from calere "be warm" (see calorie). Verb meaning "treat tenderly" first recorded 1815 (in Jane Austen's "Emma"). Related: Coddled; coddling.

verb indulge, pamper
verb boil lightly, usually eggs

Example sentences :

You may take apricots not fully ripe, and coddle them, and that will do also.
Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury

Coddle six pippins in vine leaves covered with water, very gently, that the inside may be done without breaking the skins.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

As it is, it's just me he needs to look after him and coddle him.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

They have stopped trying to coddle me now and I live rough, like the rest.
Extract from : « Margarita's Soul » by Ingraham Lovell

He knows those who love him, who care for him with disinterestedness, who coddle him.
Extract from : « A Chambermaid's Diary » by Octave Mirbeau

My dear, my only Mrs. Coddle, open your arms, and receive your husband and his friend.
Extract from : « Married Life » by John Baldwin Buckstone

I want to speak to Mr. Coddle, on a pint of vast prominence to him.
Extract from : « Married Life » by John Baldwin Buckstone

Harden its will by exercise at things it does not like, and do not coddle it.
Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley

I am not a nurse, I dont know how to coddle people and fuss over them.
Extract from : « Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline » by Jennie M. Drinkwater

“You coddle him,” said Kingsnorth, with a short bitter laugh.
Extract from : « The Locusts' Years » by Mary Helen Fee

Synonyms for coddle

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