Usually means: Pampering or treating with indulgence.
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  1. cosseting: Merriam-Webster
  2. cosseting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cosseting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cosseting: Vocabulary.com
  5. cosseting: Wordnik
  6. cosseting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cosseting: Wiktionary
  8. cosseting: Dictionary.com
  9. cosseting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cosseting)

▸ noun:  The act by which somebody is cosseted or pampered.

Similar:
pamper, coddle, mollycoddle, baby, spoil, cocker, indulge, featherbed, couching, cradling, more...

Opposite:
neglecting, ignoring, abandoning, disregarding

Types:
pampering, coddling, mollycoddling, overindulging, spoiling, baby, infant, todd, more...

Adjectives:
such, much, little, soft, constant, special, excessive

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Similar:
pamper, coddle, mollycoddle, baby, spoil, cocker, indulge, featherbed, couching, cradling, more...

Opposite:
neglecting, ignoring, abandoning, disregarding

Types:
pampering, coddling, mollycoddling, overindulging, spoiling, baby, infant, todd, more...

Adjectives:
such, much, little, soft, constant, special, excessive



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