0 to give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant:
Children sometimes need to be cosseted.
disapproving The country has been cosseted (= too protected) by the government for so long that people have forgotten how to take responsibility for themselves.
I do not like the word, but we are talking about cosseting the consumer; this is the important thing.
Alternatively, are we seeking to create a cosy little club, some sections of which will be cosseted at the expense of others?
We have decided—rightly or wrongly—that we have to treat persons of that age as adults and that to cosset them is wrong.
This is not a policy of fairness; it is a policy of consolidating and cosseting privilege.
For millions of people, weekends are the only times available for them to cosset their special loves—cars, gardens and homes.
It has been cossetted for far too long.
We must cosset and look after the existing customers if we want to ensure that the recession does not destroy the industry altogether.
He is cossetted to the tune of £40,000 a year of public money.
