dandling
The word “dandling” has 2 syllables: dand-ling
It's pronounced as /dændlɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for dandling?
In the thesaurus, “dandling” has 24 synonyms and 26 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for dandling along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for dandling
- appeasing
- babying
- cockering
- coddling
- contenting
- cosseting
- delighting
- gladdening
- gratifying
- humoring
- indulging
- mollifying
- mollycoddling
- mothering
- nursing
- obliging
- pacifying
- pampering
- placating
- pleasing
- satisfying
- soothing
- spoiling
- wet-nursing
Antonyms for dandling
- abusing
- controlling
- disciplining
- harassing
- harming
- hurting
- ill-treating
- ill-using
- injuring
- maltreating
- manhandling
- mishandling
- mistreating
- misusing
- molesting
- neglecting
- oppressing
- outraging
- overlooking
- persecuting
- restraining
- slighting
- tormenting
- torturing
- victimizing
- violating
Meanings of dandling
- verb
- To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
- To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
- To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
- noun
- The act by which somebody is dandled.
Example Sentences
- She sat by the window, dandling her baby in her arms, humming a lullaby.
- The father enjoyed dandling his toddler on his knee, creating moments of pure joy.
- In the park, you could see parents dandling their children on the swings, laughter echoing through the air.
- The babysitter spent the evening dandling the infant, soothing her to sleep with gentle movements.
- As she walked, she couldn't help dandling her puppy in her arms, its tail wagging happily.
On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dandling, such as: abusing, appeasing, babying, cockering, coddling, contenting, controlling.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
babying
- allowance
- appeasement
- appeasing
- attention
- care
- carefulness
- cockering
- coddling
- concern
- considerateness
- consideration
- contenting
- cosseting
- courtesy
- dandling
- delighting
- endurance
- excess
- extravagance
- favor
- favoring
- fondling
- fondness
- forbearance
- fulfillment
- gladdening
- goodwill
- gratifying
- hedonism
- humoring
- immoderation
- indulging
- intemperance
- intemperateness
- kindness
- kowtowing
- lenience
- leniency
- lovingness
- mollifying
- mollycoddling
- mothering
- nursing
- obliging
- pacifying
- pampering
- partiality
- patience
- permissiveness
- petting
- placating
- pleasing
- privilege
- profligacy
- profligateness
- satiation
- satisfaction
- satisfying
- service
- solicitousness
- solicitude
- soothing
- spoiling
- thoughtfulness
- toadying
- tolerance
- toleration
- treating
- understanding
- wet-nursing
necking
- babying
- billing
- bouncing
- canoodling
- caressing
- coddling
- cradling
- cuddling
- dandling
- embracing
- enfolding
- feeling up
- fondling
- gentling
- hugging
- indulging
- kneading
- lovemaking
- loving
- making love
- making out
- massaging
- mollycoddling
- nestling
- nosing
- nuzzling
- pampering
- parking
- patting
- pawing
- petting
- smooching
- snuggling
- spoiling
- spooning
- stroking
- sucking face
pampering
- accommodating
- acquiescent
- allowance
- allowing
- amenable
- amiable
- appeasement
- appeasing
- assuaging
- assuasive
- attention
- babying
- being big
- benign
- benignant
- biddable
- care
- carefulness
- charitable
- clement
- cockering
- coddling
- compassionate
- complaisant
- compliant
- compromising
- concern
- condoning
- considerateness
- consideration
- contenting
- cosseting
- courtesy
- dandling
- deceivable
- delighting
- deludable
- dupable
- easy
- easygoing
- emollient
- endurance
- excess
- excusing
- exploitable
- extravagance
- favor
- favoring
- fleeceable
- flexible
- fondling
- fondness
- forbearance
- forbearing
- forgiving
- fulfillment
- gentle
- gladdening
- going easy on
- good-natured
- goodwill
- gratifying
- gullible
- hedonism
- humoring
- immoderation
- indulgent
- indulging
- intemperance
- intemperateness
- kind
- kindly
- kindness
- kowtowing
- lax
- lenience
- leniency
- lenient
- letting
- liberal
- light
- live with
- loose
- loving
- lovingness
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- mollifying
- mollycoddling
- mothering
- naive
- neglectful
- negligent
- nursing
- obliging
- pacifying
- pardoning
- partiality
- patience
- permissiveness
- permitting
- petting
- placating
- pleasing
- pliable
- pliant
- privilege
- profligacy
- profligateness
- relaxed
- relenting
- remiss
- satiation
- satisfaction
- satisfying
- service
- slack
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slovenly
- soft
- soft-shell
- softhearted
- solicitousness
- solicitude
- soothing
- sparing
- spoiling
- submissive
- susceptible
- sympathetic
- temperate
- tender
- thoughtfulness
- toadying
- tolerance
- tolerant
- toleration
- tractable
- treating
- trusting
- unburdensome
- understanding
- unfussy
- unoppressive
- unsuspicious
- wet-nursing
- yielding