Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense cossets, present participle cosseting, present participle cossetting, past tense, past participle cosseted, past tense, past participle cossetted
verb [usually passive]
If someone is cosseted, everything possible is done for them and they are protected from anything unpleasant.
Our kind of travel is definitely not suitable for people who expect to be cosseted. [beVERB-ed]
Synonyms: pamper, baby, pet, cosher [Irish] More Synonyms of cosset
cossetedgraded adjective
I don't want to be treated like a cosseted movie queen.
cosset in British English
(ˈkɒsɪt)
verbWord forms: -sets, -seting or -seted(transitive)
1.
to pamper; coddle; pet
noun
2.
any pet animal, esp a lamb
Word origin
C16: of unknown origin
cosset in American English
(ˈkɑsɪt)
noun
1.
a pet lamb or any small pet
verb transitive
2.
to make a pet of; fondle; pamper
Word origin
< ? OE cot-sæta, cot dweller; similar in sense to It casiccio (< casa, house), pet lamb
Examples of 'cosset' in a sentence
cosset
Our current cosseted life is fooling us into thinking that we will be immune.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Her early life was cosseted by her immense riches.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He is bored of the cosseted expat life of compounds and bodyguards.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Players can be cosseted too much.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And it is an easy sport to continue when you leave the cosseted world of organised school sport and have to think for yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They are pampered and cosseted all the way and they cannot play 90 minutes of football in one day.
The Sun (2016)
Now I would rather a player was cosseted than pummelled.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You don't feel cosseted or pampered, just on edge.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
(verb)
Definition
to pamper or pet
Important clients were cosseted and pampered like royalty.
Synonyms
pamper
Her parents have pampered her since the day she was born.
baby
My parents never babied me, unless I was really ill.
pet
She had petted her son all his life.
cosher (Irish)
coddle
I coddled my youngest son dreadfully.
mollycoddle
He accused me of mollycoddling the children.
wrap up in cotton wool (informal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of baby
Definition
to treat like a baby
My parents never babied me, unless I was really ill.
Synonyms
spoil,
pamper,
cosset,
coddle,
pet,
humour,
indulge,
spoon-feed,
mollycoddle,
overindulge,
wrap up in cotton wool (informal)
in the sense of coddle
Definition
to pamper or overprotect
I coddled my youngest son dreadfully.
Synonyms
pamper,
spoil,
indulge,
cosset,
baby,
nurse,
pet,
wet-nurse (informal),
mollycoddle
in the sense of mollycoddle
Definition
to give an excessive amount of care and protection to