WET-NURSING Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

wet-nursing

verb

present participle of wet-nurse

as in nursing

to give milk to from the breast wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself

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weaning

as in spoiling

to treat with great or excessive care recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did

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Beyond the repartee between Nick and Sam, Addy and Wyatt share a sibling-like relationship that could turn into something more, especially since Wyatt is nursing a broken heart following the sudden end of his engagement.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
The Lakers played without Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler, who are nursing injuries.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Alongside Stonestreet’s return, Ritter is also back in the Dexter universe, but the cast and crew were more careful about not spoiling how.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Without spoiling the plot, there’s a dispiriting note at the end of the film as text on-screen informs us that some very high percentage of Americans get their news from Facebook to this day.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

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His current employer is Damien Cantor, an authentically sleazy and slippery character who operates under no discernible code beyond indulging a dumb, preening narcissism.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
After the event was disrupted by an armed intruder, the Administration and the association scheduled a July do-over, where Trump delivered a rambling speech indulging seemingly every tangent that sprang to mind, but his contempt remained apparent.

— Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

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