English > indulgent: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone. |
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| Example | "indulgent grandparents" |
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| Narrower | decadent | Luxuriously self-indulgent |
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| dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting | preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance |
| epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous | Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses |
| gay | given to social pleasures often including dissipation |
| hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean | devoted to pleasure |
| intemperate, hard, heavy | given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors |
| overindulgent | excessively indulgent |
| pampering | Gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires |
| self-indulgent | indulgent of your own appetites and desires |
| See also | gluttonous | Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
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| Opposite | nonindulgent, strict | Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint |
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| Spanish | indulgente |
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| Catalan | indulgent |
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| Nouns | indulgence | a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone |
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