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pam·per  (pmpr)

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.

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

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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).

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pamper [ˈpæmpə]

vb (tr)

1. to treat with affectionate and usually excessive indulgence; coddle; spoil

2. Archaic to feed to excess

[of Germanic origin; compare German dialect pampfen to gorge oneself]

pamperer  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

pamper - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"

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pamper

verb spoil, indulge, gratify, baby, pet, humour, pander to, fondle, cosset, coddle, mollycoddle, wait on (someone) hand and foot, cater to your every whim Her parents have pampered her since the day she was born.

Translations

pamper [ˈpæmpəʳ] VT → mimar, consentir

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pamper [ˈpæmpə^r] vt → dorloter
Why don't you let your mother pamper you for a while? → Pourquoi ne laisses-tu pas ta mère te dorloter un peu?
to pamper o.s. → se dorloter

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pamper

vt → verwöhnen; child also → verhätscheln, verzärteln; dog → verhätscheln; why don’t you pamper yourself and buy the de luxe edition? → warum gönnst du dir nicht mal etwas und kaufst die Luxusausgabe?

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pamper [ˈpæmpəʳ] vt → viziare, coccolare

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pamper [ˈpæmpəʳ] vt → viziare, coccolare

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pamper

v pamper [ˈpӕmpə]

to treat with great kindness and give a great many special things to (a person) The child was pampered by his parents. vertroetel يُدَلِّل угаждам rozmazlovat forkæle verhätscheln παραχαϊδεύω, κανακεύω mimar, consentir hellitama لوس کردن؛ ناز پرورده کردن hemmotella dorloter לְפָנֵק बहुत लाड-प्यार करना maziti,ugađati (el)kényeztet memanjakan ofdekra viziare 甘やかす 애지중지하다 (iš)lepinti, (iš)paikinti lutināt memanjakan vertroetelen forkjæle, skjemme bort rozpieszczać paparicar a răsfăţa баловать rozmaznávať razvajati tetošiti klema (skämma) bort เอาอกเอาใจ şımartmak 溺愛，縱容 балувати; розніжувати لاڈ پيار کرنا nuông chiều 溺爱，纵容