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indulgent
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of INDULGENT
1
tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others <she was perhaps a bit too indulgent with her children, who always seemed to get away with everything>
Near Antonyms demanding; uncharitable, unforgiving; inflexible, intolerant, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding
2
given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires <inherited riches helped fuel her indulgent lifestyle>
Related Words carnal, fleshly, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous; masturbatory, onanistic, self-absorbed, self-obsessed; gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious; extravagant, incontinent, intemperate, reckless, splurging, uncontrolled, wanton
Near Antonyms abstemious, abstinent, continent, sober, temperate; ascetic (also ascetical), austere, spartan; disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed
Antonyms self-abnegating, self-denying
3
willing to do a favor <an indulgent clerk who let me try on practically every size-seven shoe the store had>
Related Words helpful, solicitous; considerate, thoughtful; agreeable, amenable, complaisant, gracious; lenient, overindulgent, permissive
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