Indulgent

  • 41indulgent — adj 1. permissive, lenient, liberal, lax, easy; tolerant, allowing, permitting, suffering; enduring, Archaic. forbearing, forgiving, excusing, sparing; merciful, compassionate, clement; conciliatory, placatory, placating; amiable, amicable,… …

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  • 42indulgent — in·dul·gent …

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  • 43indulgent — adjective Syn: generous, permissive, easy going, liberal, tolerant, forgiving, forbearing, lenient, kind, kindly, soft hearted Ant: strict …

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  • 44indulgent — in•dul•gent [[t]ɪnˈdʌl dʒənt[/t]] adj. characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly permissive • Etymology: 1500–10; < L in•dul′gent•ly, adv …

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  • 45indulgent — in|dul|gẹnt <lateinisch> (nachsichtig) …

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  • 46self-indulgent — also self indulgent, 1791, from SELF (Cf. self) + INDULGENT (Cf. indulgent). Related: Self indulgently …

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  • 47self-indulgent — ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is self indulgent, you mean that they allow themselves to have or do the things that they enjoy very much. Why give publicity to this self indulgent, adolescent oaf?... To buy flowers for myself seems wildly… …

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  • 48self-indulgent — adj. indulging or tending to indulge oneself in pleasure, idleness, etc. Derivatives: self indulgence n. self indulgently adv. * * * ˌself inˈdulgent [self indulgence self indulgent] adjective (disapproving) allowing yourself to have o …

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  • 49self-indulgent — self in dulgent adj allowing yourself to have or do things that you enjoy but do not need, especially if you do this too often used to show disapproval ▪ It feels self indulgent spending so much on a pair of shoes. self indulgent novel/film etc ( …

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  • 50Self-indulgent — Self in*dul gent, a. Indulging one s appetites, desires, etc., freely. [1913 Webster] …

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