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English adjective: indulgent | |||
| 1. | indulgent characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone | ||
| Samples | Indulgent grandparents. | ||
| Similar | betting, card-playing, decadent, dissipated, effete, epicurean, epicurean, gay, hard, heavy, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, luxuriant, luxurious, overindulgent, pampering, self-indulgent, sporting, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous | ||
| See also | gluttonous | ||
| Antonyms | nonindulgent, strict | ||
| 2. | indulgent tolerant or lenient | ||
| Samples | Indulgent parents risk spoiling their children. Too soft on the children. They are soft on crime. | ||
| Synonyms | lenient, soft | ||
| Similar | permissive | ||
| Antonyms | unpermissive | ||
| 3. | indulgent being favorably inclined | ||
| Samples | An indulgent attitude. | ||
| Similar | favorable, favourable | ||
| Antonyms | unfavorable, unfavourable | ||
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