Definition of indulgent Indulgent
/ɪndʌˈlʤʌnt/ - [induljunt] - in•dul•gent
We found 6 definitions of indulgent from 4 different sources.
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What does indulgent mean?
WordNet
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| indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents" | ||
| nonindulgent, strict characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | ||
| gluttonous given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" | ||
| decadent, effete marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals" | ||
| betting, card-playing, dissipated, sporting preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" | ||
| sybaritic, voluptuary, luxurious, epicurean, luxuriant, voluptuous displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" | ||
| gay homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | ||
| hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" | ||
| intemperate, hard, heavy given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" | ||
| overindulgent excessively indulgent | ||
| pampering gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires; "pampering parents often have spoilt children"; "a very pampering cruise experience" | ||
| indulgent - tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime" | ||
| lenient, soft | ||
| permissive granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents" | ||
| indulgent - being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- indulgent (Adjective)
Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc. , or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- indulgent (a.)
Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent.
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indulgent
Being easily influenced by others.
