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[ spoon-fed ] / ˈspunˌfɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spoon-fed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefed with a spoon. treated with excessive solicitude; pampered. given no opportunity to act or think for oneself: Having always been spoon-fed, I couldn't meet the challenge of college. Origin of spoon-fedFirst recorded in 1900–05 Words nearby spoon-fedspoon bow, spoon bread, spoondrift, spoonerism, spooney, spoon-fed, spoon-feed, spoonful, spoon hook, spoon nail, spoon theory Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spoon-fedThe conclusions of the advisory report were spoon-fed to a friendly group of Japanese political reporters two days ago. Japanese Women Tell Their Men They Have to Choose Between Love and War|Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Drudge simply “reported” on that fact—or rather was spoon-fed it by disgruntled internal sources. Julian Assange Loves Rand Paul and His ‘Very Principled Positions’|Michael Tomasky|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Do American movie-going audiences in 2012 really need to be spoon-fed a justification for the killing of Osama bin Laden? Is Zero Dark Thirty Propaganda?|Michael Tomasky|December 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was difficult to get her to eat, and she had to be spoon-fed. Benign Stupors|August Hoch
If men could be spoon-fed with happiness, a benevolent despotism would be the ideal system. Liberalism|L. T. Hobhouse At times he would partake only of liquid nourishment, then again would have to be spoon-fed. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck She had to be spoon-fed at times, again she ate naturally when the food was brought. Benign Stupors|August Hoch Accustom people to be nose-led and spoon-fed, and democracy is a mere pretence. Another Sheaf|John Galsworthy
Words related to spoon-fedbaby, coddle, give in, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil, overindulge, cater to |