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Indulge (Verb)

Meaning 1

Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Coddle
  • Featherbed
  • Mollycoddle
  • Pamper
  • Cosset
  • Spoil
  • Cocker
  • Baby

Hypernyms

  • Treat
  • Handle
  • Do By

Related Words

  • Indulging (noun)
  • Indulgence (noun)

Meaning 2

Give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Related Words

  • Indulgence (noun)

Meaning 3

Enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

  • Luxuriate

Hypernyms

  • Eat
  • Wipe Out
  • Use Up
  • Run Through
  • Eat Up
  • Deplete
  • Exhaust

Related Words

  • Indulgence (noun)

Meaning 4

Yield (to); give satisfaction to.

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

  • Gratify
  • Pander

Hypernyms

  • Supply
  • Provide
  • Cater

Hyponyms

  • Sow One's Wild Oats
  • Humor
  • Humour
  • Spree
  • Sow One's Oats

Related Words

  • Indulging (noun)
  • Indulgence (noun)
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