pampered

pam·per (p

tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers

1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child.

2. To give in to; gratify: He pampered his ambition for wealth and fame.

3. Archaic To indulge with rich food; glut.

[Middle English pamperen, probably of Low German origin.]

pamper·er n.

Synonyms: pamper, indulge, humor, spoil, coddle, mollycoddle, baby
These verbs all mean to cater excessively to someone or to his or her desires or feelings. To pamper is to gratify appetites, tastes, or desires: "He was pampering the poor girl's lust for singularity and self-glorification" (Charles Kingsley).
Indulge suggests a kindly or excessive lenience in yielding especially to wishes or impulses better left unfulfilled: "You musn't think because I indulge you in some things that you can keep everyone waiting" (Theodore Dreiser).
Humor implies compliance with or accommodation to another's mood or idiosyncrasies: "Human life is . . . but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep" (William Temple).
Spoil implies excessive indulgence that adversely affects the character, nature, or attitude: "He seems to be in no danger of being spoilt by good fortune" (George Gissing).
Coddle and mollycoddle point to tender, overprotective care that often leads to weakening of character: "I would not coddle the child" (Samuel Johnson). Stop mollycoddling me; I'm a grown person.
Baby suggests the indulgence and attention one might give to an infant: "I should like to be made much of, and tendedyes, babied" (Adeline D.T. Whitney).

Translations

pampered [ˈpæmpəd] ADJ [child etc] → mimado, consentido; [life] → regalado
he had a pampered childhood → se crió entre algodones

pampered [ˈpæmpə^rd] adj → dorloté(e)

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Tell us whether, after all, the half- free colored man of Massachusetts is worse off than the pampered slave of the rice swamps!

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context

Another valet, with his finger over the mouth of a bottle, was sprinkling Eau de Cologne on the Emperor's pampered body with an expression which seemed to say that he alone knew where and how much Eau de Cologne should be sprinkled.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Well, you have done well enough for to-day,' she grumbled; 'but to-morrow you'll have something more difficult to do, and if you don't do it well, you pampered brats, straight into the oven you go.

The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context

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