Cosset
verb
Treat with a lot of attention and kindness and protect from anything harmful.
She cosseted her son until he was an adult.
Often appears as...
- cosset someone
- cosset a pet
noun
A person or pet that is treated with a lot of attention and kindness, and is protected from anything harmful.
The eldest son was always the family’s cosset.
Often appears as...
- family’s cosset
- spoilt cosset
verb
Treat with a lot of attention and kindness and protect from anything harmful.
She cosseted her son until he was an adult.
Often appears as...
- cosset someone
- cosset a pet
noun
A person or pet that is treated with a lot of attention and kindness, and is protected from anything harmful.
The eldest son was always the family’s cosset.
Often appears as...
- family’s cosset
- spoilt cosset
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Protection
The verb 'cosset' expresses caring in a protective way, often more than necessary.
Even as a teenager, he was cosseted by his overprotective mother.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Cosset' can imply excessiveness, suggesting overindulgence or spoiling.
The teacher felt that parents who cosset their children hinder their development.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Nuance
Using 'cosset' can convey a tone of warmth and emotional investment.
She cosseted the abandoned kittens, making them feel loved.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Protection
The verb 'cosset' expresses caring in a protective way, often more than necessary.
Even as a teenager, he was cosseted by his overprotective mother.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Cosset' can imply excessiveness, suggesting overindulgence or spoiling.
The teacher felt that parents who cosset their children hinder their development.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Nuance
Using 'cosset' can convey a tone of warmth and emotional investment.
She cosseted the abandoned kittens, making them feel loved.
Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Protection
The verb 'cosset' expresses caring in a protective way, often more than necessary.
Even as a teenager, he was cosseted by his overprotective mother.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Cosset' can imply excessiveness, suggesting overindulgence or spoiling.
The teacher felt that parents who cosset their children hinder their development.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Nuance
Using 'cosset' can convey a tone of warmth and emotional investment.
She cosseted the abandoned kittens, making them feel loved.
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Quote examples
Tony Parsons
English Critic
Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.
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Mark Gatiss
English Actor
Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.
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Maureen Dowd
American Journalist
If Americans are worried about money in politics, there is no larger concern than the Clintons, who are cosseted in a world where rich people endlessly scratch the backs of rich people.
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V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian Novelist
Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in.
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Monica Crowley
American Journalist
A president is always cosseted by his staff.
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Tony Parsons
English Critic
Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.
Quote examples
Mark Gatiss
English Actor
Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.
Quote examples
Maureen Dowd
American Journalist
If Americans are worried about money in politics, there is no larger concern than the Clintons, who are cosseted in a world where rich people endlessly scratch the backs of rich people.
Quote examples
V. S. Naipaul
Trinidadian Novelist
Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in.
Quote examples
Monica Crowley
American Journalist
A president is always cosseted by his staff.
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