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cosseted

cosseted adjective: pampered. Also the simple past and past participle of cosset.

Adjective

cosseted (comparative more cosseted, superlative most cosseted)

  1. Pampered.
    • a cosseted childhood
    • When the Parisian-born George Steiner went to Chicago University after the second world war, he found himself sharing a room with an ex-paratrooper, who stared in disbelief at "a creature so obviously cosseted, sheltered, formally decked out, book-laden, as I was", Steiner recalled.2001 March 17, Maya Jaggi, “George and his dragons”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    spoiled, coddled

Also used as

cosseted is also the simple past and past participle of cosset.

Examples of cosseted in a sentence

  • Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.2014 March 6, Nicola Woolcock, “Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.”, in The Times:
  • Jean-Luc Mélenchon […]is sitting sagely in a restaurant that resembles a mountain chalet yet is located in the cosseted 7th arrondissement of Paris.2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd....

Synonyms of cosseted

Forms of cosseted

comparativemore cosseted
superlativemost cosseted
alternative formcossetted

Words formed from cosseted

Questions about cosseted

What does cosseted mean?
Cosseted means pampered.
How do you use cosseted in a sentence?
Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted, snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.
What part of speech is cosseted?
Cosseted is an adjective.

Words near cosseted in the dictionary

  1. Cossaei
  2. cossaes
  3. Cossall
  4. cosses
  5. cosset
  6. cosseted
  7. cosseter
  8. cosseters
  9. cosseting
  10. cossetings
  11. cossets

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