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pamper
[ pam-per ]
verb (used with object)
- to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care:
to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
Synonyms: spoil, baby, coddle, humor
Antonyms: discipline
- Archaic. to overfeed, especially with very rich food; glut.
pamper
/ ˈpæmpə /
verb
- to treat with affectionate and usually excessive indulgence; coddle; spoil
- archaic.to feed to excess
Derived Forms
- ˈpamperer, noun
Other Words From
- pampered·ly adverb
- pampered·ness noun
- pamper·er noun
- over·pamper verb (used with object)
- self-pampered adjective
- self-pamper·ing adjective
- un·pampered adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pamper1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pamper1
Example Sentences
Will it be some men who wait at home to pamper a wife back from a long day in the salt mines?
Yes, the grotesque pamper-athon of excess that is the run-up to the Academy Awards is under way.
To cast in my lot with Jekyll was to die to those appetites which I had long secretly indulged, and had of late begun to pamper.
As I wanted to rush the book out as quickly as possible, I didn't see why I should pamper them with type.
Whatever would feed the soul, it said, should be sought, and whatever would pamper the body should be avoided.
It is looked upon as merely an effort to pamper one or two pets and to persecute and degrade their supposed rivals.
It is for this that these men mortify their flesh, and to set us an example, who would pamper ourselves overmuch.
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