mother-hens
Hovers and worries
Mother-hens is the verb form of mother-hen, meaning to fuss over or tend to someone with excessive protective care: She mother-hens her coworkers, always checking if they've eaten lunch.
The image is of a hen hovering over her chicks.
The noun mother hen describes a person who behaves this way.
Remains suspended midair
- smothersSuppresses or suffocates
- coddlesOverindulges with tenderness
- fussesWorries over trifles
- worriesPersistent mental unease
shelters · shields · babies · pampers · dotes · helicopter · anxious · cautious
Feels concern about
- tendsIs disposed toward
- nurturesEncourages development through care
- feedsGives nourishment to
- comfortsEases distress; pleasures
raises · guides · supports · nourishes · mentors · encourages · protects · cultivates
hovers
Remains suspended midair
worries · shelters · shields · babies · pampers · dotes · helicopter · anxious · cautious · watchful
cares
Feels concern about
comforts · raises · guides · supports · nourishes · mentors · encourages · protects · cultivates · fosters
busybody
Intrusive meddler
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- meddlerOne who interferes uninvited
- organizerArrangement tool or person
matriarch · bossy · clucking · fussing · nagging · scolding · interfering · nosy · opinionated · judgmental
broody
Gloomily introspective
nesting · clutch · pecking · roosting · incubating · protective · sitting · eggs · feathers · clucking
mother-henshands-off
Not directly involved
laissez-faire · neglects · uninvolved · abandons · ignores
mother-henscold fish
Unfriendly, unfeeling person
ice queens · uncaring · indifferent · apathetic · unfeeling
mother, hen, mothers, hens, mothered, mothering, motherly, motherhood, motherless