Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to coddle
Participle: coddled
Gerund: coddling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | coddle |
| you | coddle |
| he;she;it | coddles |
| we | coddle |
| you | coddle |
| they | coddle |
Perfect
| I | have coddled |
| you | have coddled |
| he;she;it | has coddled |
| we | have coddled |
| you | have coddled |
| they | have coddled |
Past
| I | coddled |
| you | coddled |
| he;she;it | coddled |
| we | coddled |
| you | coddled |
| they | coddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had coddled |
| you | had coddled |
| he;she;it | had coddled |
| we | had coddled |
| you | had coddled |
| they | had coddled |
Future
| I | will coddle |
| you | will coddle |
| he;she;it | will coddle |
| we | will coddle |
| you | will coddle |
| they | will coddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coddled |
| you | will have coddled |
| he;she;it | will have coddled |
| we | will have coddled |
| you | will have coddled |
| they | will have coddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | coddle |
| you | coddle |
| he;she;it | coddle |
| we | coddle |
| you | coddle |
| they | coddle |
Perfect
| I | have coddled |
| you | have coddled |
| he;she;it | have coddled |
| we | have coddled |
| you | have coddled |
| they | have coddled |
Imperfect
| I | coddled |
| you | coddled |
| he;she;it | coddled |
| we | coddled |
| you | coddled |
| they | coddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had coddled |
| you | had coddled |
| he;she;it | had coddled |
| we | had coddled |
| you | had coddled |
| they | had coddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would coddle |
| you | would coddle |
| he;she;it | would coddle |
| we | would coddle |
| you | would coddle |
| they | would coddle |
Perfect
| I | would have coddled |
| you | would have coddled |
| he;she;it | would have coddled |
| we | would have coddled |
| you | would have coddled |
| they | would have coddled |
Imperative
| you | coddle |
| we | Let's coddle |
| you | coddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'coddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'coddle'
codle,
cuddle,
hoddle,
noddle,
toddle,
addle,
broddle,
buddle,
candle,
caudle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- treat gently
- pamper
- transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
- baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, mother, namby-pamby, nanny, pamper, posset
- to treat gently or with great care
- chuckle, cocker, cosset, dandle, make much, nustle, pamper, pettle, posset, tidder
- pamper
- overindulge, baby, favor, spoil, mollycoddle, cuddle, caress, cosset
- poach
- simmer, brew, cook
Antonyms
- pamper
- punish, whip, spank, chastise
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade.
Sample Sentences
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How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons of sentinels, sermoners, old aunts, old women from the world without, and have nevertheless escaped from all these guardians, and astonished the world by their extravagance and their frolics? [1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:]
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a coddled egg
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It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled, and it makes good Pies. [1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 222:]