Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cosset
Participle: cosseted
Gerund: cosseting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cosset |
| you | cosset |
| he;she;it | cossets |
| we | cosset |
| you | cosset |
| they | cosset |
Perfect
| I | have cosseted |
| you | have cosseted |
| he;she;it | has cosseted |
| we | have cosseted |
| you | have cosseted |
| they | have cosseted |
Past
| I | cosseted |
| you | cosseted |
| he;she;it | cosseted |
| we | cosseted |
| you | cosseted |
| they | cosseted |
Pluperfect
| I | had cosseted |
| you | had cosseted |
| he;she;it | had cosseted |
| we | had cosseted |
| you | had cosseted |
| they | had cosseted |
Future
| I | will cosset |
| you | will cosset |
| he;she;it | will cosset |
| we | will cosset |
| you | will cosset |
| they | will cosset |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cosseted |
| you | will have cosseted |
| he;she;it | will have cosseted |
| we | will have cosseted |
| you | will have cosseted |
| they | will have cosseted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cosset |
| you | cosset |
| he;she;it | cosset |
| we | cosset |
| you | cosset |
| they | cosset |
Perfect
| I | have cosseted |
| you | have cosseted |
| he;she;it | have cosseted |
| we | have cosseted |
| you | have cosseted |
| they | have cosseted |
Imperfect
| I | cosseted |
| you | cosseted |
| he;she;it | cosseted |
| we | cosseted |
| you | cosseted |
| they | cosseted |
Pluperfect
| I | had cosseted |
| you | had cosseted |
| he;she;it | had cosseted |
| we | had cosseted |
| you | had cosseted |
| they | had cosseted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cosset |
| you | would cosset |
| he;she;it | would cosset |
| we | would cosset |
| you | would cosset |
| they | would cosset |
Perfect
| I | would have cosseted |
| you | would have cosseted |
| he;she;it | would have cosseted |
| we | would have cosseted |
| you | would have cosseted |
| they | would have cosseted |
Imperative
| you | cosset |
| we | Let's cosset |
| you | cosset |
Verbs conjugated like 'cosset'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cosset'
corset,
posset,
basset,
casket,
closet,
coast,
consent,
coosen,
copse,
coquet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fondle
- chuckle, coax, faddle, pettle, fondle, tiddle
- to treat like a pet
- pamper
- transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
- baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, mother, namby-pamby, nanny, pamper, posset
- to touch someone lovingly
- canoodle, caress, chuckle, coax, dally, dandle, dawt, faddle, feel up, fond, fondle, grabble, grope, nantle, pet, pettle, shift, smuggle, tiddle, touch up
- to treat gently or with great care
- chuckle, cocker, coddle, dandle, make much, nustle, pamper, pettle, posset, tidder
- coddle
- mollycoddle, pamper, baby, humor, indulge, fondle, spoil, cater
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1659, "to fondle, caress, indulge," from a noun (1579) meaning "lamb brought up as a pet" (applied to persons from 1596), perhaps from O.E. cot-sæta "one who dwells in a cot."
2. Perhaps from Middle English cotsete, from Old English cotsǣta (“cottager”), from cot (“cottage”) (Modern English cot (“cottage”) (archaic)) + -sǣta (“-sitter”); compare coscet. Compare German Hauslamm (literally “house lamb”), Italian casiccio.
Sample Sentences
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The car cossets its occupants in comfort.
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The foam cossets your skin.
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An independent oversight body is just setting up, but at full strength it will have a core team of just five. This is a state of affairs that cossets and enriches bailiffs at the expense of families who’ve fallen into debt. [2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The Guardian:]