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Cosseter vs Cosseted - What's the difference?

cosseter | cosseted |

As a noun cosseter

is one who cossets.

As an adjective cosseted is

pampered.

As a verb cosseted is

past tense of cosset.

cosseter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who cossets.

    • cosseted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cossetted

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pampered
    • a cosseted childhood
    a cosseted elite
    cosseted and pampered
    they are a pampered, cossetted bunch
    ''They have been pampered, cosseted , doted upon, helmeted.
    Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure.
  • * 2014 , Nicola Woolcock, Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.] , [[w:The Times, The Times] from 6 March 2014
    • Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted , snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.

    Usage notes

    The adjective cosseted is frequently written with two T’s: cossetted.

    Synonyms

    * spoiled * coddled

    Related terms

    * cosseting

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cosset)

    • Anagrams

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