cossetverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkɒs.ɪt/us/ˈkɑː.sɪt/-t- or UK also -tt-to give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant:
Children sometimes need to be cosseted.
disapproving The country has been cosseted (= too protected) by the government for so long that people have forgotten how to take responsibility for themselves.
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Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- featherbed
- guard
- kill
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- patrol
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- ring-fence
- rustproof
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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