Indulgent

Quick meaning: Indulgent is an adjective meaning Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing.

Meaning

Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing.

Example Sentences

an indulgent parent

to be indulgent to servants

An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.

Synonyms for indulgent

Depending on context, synonyms include forbearing, gentle, lenient, tolerant, amenable, biddable.

Antonyms for indulgent

Common opposites include nonindulgent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-indulgent, sybaritic, hedonic, decadent, luxurious, hedonistic.

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