单词	overprotective
释义	overprotect verb over·​pro·​tect ˌō-vər-prə-ˈtekt  overprotected; overprotecting transitive verb : to protect (someone or something) more than is necessary or reasonable Resist overprotecting your daughter because it sends the message that you think she can't handle the situation … Kathy Lynn But this lawsuit questions whether the university had overprotected an athlete. Marcia Chambers One never notices a dead flower, and other artists have said they feel the garden actually looks too fresh and overprotected. R. I. C. Fisher overprotection ˌō-vər-prə-ˈtek-shən  noun … millennials' perceived entitlement isn't a result of overprotection but an adaptation to a world of abundance. Joel Stein overprotective ˌō-vər-prə-ˈtek-tiv  adjective … she was constantly anxious and pathologically overprotective of her son; he had, literally, to escape the grounds of their estate and the watchfulness of a swarm of servants in order to play with another child. Anne Bernays overprotectiveness noun held back by the overprotectiveness of his parents Word History First Known Use circa 1885, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition overprotect transitive verb over·​pro·​tect -prə-ˈtekt  : to protect unduly overprotected children overprotective adjective as in protective trying too hard to protect someone (such as a child) from danger His overprotective mother won't let him go out after dark. He is overprotective of his little sister. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance protective possessive jealous domineering controlling envious grasping invidious distrustful suspicious demanding covetous mistrustful jaundiced
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