PAMPERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pampering mean? 

• PAMPERING (noun)
  The noun PAMPERING has 1 sense:

1. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

  Familiarity information: PAMPERING used as a noun is very rare.

• PAMPERING (adjective)
  The adjective PAMPERING has 1 sense:

1. gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires

  Familiarity information: PAMPERING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAMPERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of indulging or gratifying a desire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

humoring; indulgence; indulging; pampering

Hypernyms ("pampering" is a kind of...):

gratification (the act or an instance of satisfying)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pampering"):

intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)

excess; overindulgence (excessive indulgence)

binge; orgy; splurge (any act of immoderate indulgence)

Derivation:

pamper (treat with excessive indulgence)

pampering (gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires)

• PAMPERING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires

Context example:

a very pampering cruise experience

Similar:

indulgent (characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone)

Derivation:

pampering (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)

 Context examples 

You may be invited to an event, and if so, it is likely to be quite luxurious, for Venus rules pampering experiences.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Do you remember when, in his inheritance of your nature, and in your pampering of his pride and passion, he did this, and disfigured me for life?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The transiting moon will be in Leo, so you will be in the mood for luxury and some pampering—choose a festive restaurant for a memorable dinner.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Should any little accidental disappointment of the appetite occur, such as the spoiling of a meal, the under or the over dressing of a dish, the incident ought not to be neutralised by replacing with something more delicate the comfort lost, thus pampering the body and obviating the aim of this institution; it ought to be improved to the spiritual edification of the pupils, by encouraging them to evince fortitude under temporary privation.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)