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indulge English

Meaning indulge meaning

What does indulge mean?
Definitions in simple English

indulge Verb

— surrender to your own desire to do something — satisfy what someone wants "I will indulge you by playing one of my finest ukulele songs, The Wailing Guitar."

indulge

— verb give free rein to The writer indulged in metaphorical language — verb (= gratify) yield (to); give satisfaction to — verb enjoy to excess She indulges in ice cream — verb (= pamper, mollycoddle) treat with excessive indulgence grandparents often pamper the children Let's not mollycoddle our students!

Synonyms indulge synonyms

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indulge English » English

spoil pamper coddle gratify cosset pander mollycoddle luxuriate baby wallow humour fall cocker satisfy pet featherbed content cherish yield treat throw surfeit suffice succumb slake sin satiate sate revel render effeminate render delicate relish relapse quit prostrate practise plunge please pardon overindulge minister lapse indulgence impress hurl gorge give way give in gentle founder

Topics indulge topics

What do people use indulge to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Lack self-control
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Bad, immoral

Conjugation indulge conjugation

How do you conjugate indulge?

indulge · verb

Examples indulge examples

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Simple sentences

We're not supposed to indulge pets.
You must not indulge in drinking.
Even during work, I secretly indulge my Internet addiction.
The rude and arrogant son of the famous actor used to indulge in jibes at other people's expense.
Young parents often indulge their children.
Sometimes you can indulge yourself in some luxury.

Movie subtitles

To live, laugh and indulge themselves in the lap of luxury.
I neve indulge.
Nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy.
Do you think it's fair to leave a beautiful woman like this alone, neglected while you indulge your own selfish pleasures?
She's decided that she must see Paris again, and we indulge her every whim.
Provided, of course, that he is not permitted. to indulge in those. excesses of work and emotion. that induced his former crisis.
The investigators indulge in a Hollywood touch, to make themselves photogenic before appearing on television.
You'd be surprised at the murderous daydreams. that some sweet old ladies indulge in.
Why is it these occidentaIs indulge in their vices the same way that they run their lives, full of noise and vulgarity?
It's fortunate that they should choose to indulge in these vices. It gives us the opportunity to gratify them.
Indulge my pride.
Miss Annie feels if we indulge Helen.
Indulge yourself for once!
The more you indulge, the more they demand.
While we're waiting, we'll indulge in the famous indoor sport.
Mr Halton, since I've had the privilege of enjoying your confidence, may I indulge in a little advice?
I even allowed myself to indulge in the fantasy that both of us loving her, doing what was best for her together would make her seem like our child after a while.
I never indulge. Good! Then you'll live longer.
I don't cosset or indulge.
I indulge you.
But I don't care. I indulge her.
When I act, I indulge in it completely and can't listen.
Not so, majesty, our guests have come to honor us. If I seem to mope, do not indulge me.
You either indulge me, or I'll bring somebody else here.
I will indulge you.
And now, if you don't mind, I would like to indulge in an old American custom.
I don't indulge.
Indulge us sinners before death in a request.
Oh, now, please, let's not indulge in personalities.
Robert, the only way a poor man can indulge his taste is by selling it.
And interested as I am in the devil, I never indulge, thank you.
Come on, indulge your father.
One mustn't indulge them.
Indulge yourself.
But at my age I can indulge a few whims, can't I?
You indulge in rich food, hold nothing heavier than chopsticks.
I don't believe that Mr. Maggott would care to indulge. so I suggest you save some whiskey for him when he gets off of duty.
Once you're safe in our railroad car and on your way to Arkansas, you can indulge your whim.
We indulge anyone - for a time. - I know, I've seen the hospital.

News and current affairs

Germany cannot, however, indulge its obsession with supply-side reforms without also pursuing growth-enhancing policies.
Today, however, it is more likely to prove disruptive to friend and foe alike, as well as damaging to those countries that indulge this temptation.
The victor of the Cold War now expects other nations to indulge its philosophy of self-righteousness.
If it is too easy to default and reduce one's debt burden, the result is moral hazard, because debtors gain an incentive to indulge in bad behavior.
Media indulge themselves in a fast-moving news cycle.
Some people in Russia--traditional leftists and corrupt bureaucrats afraid of a more open system--indulge in anti-American rhetoric.
Cheerleaders of the private sector, however, failed to reckon with the ability of company bosses to indulge in corrupt practices on an almost unfathomable scale, something American corporate capitalism has demonstrated amply of late.
The demonstrators indulge in an idyllic world of windmills throughout the emerging world where happy farmers and their donkeys bond with an ever-renewing nature.
They only made it easier for people, in those areas of the world where there is a half-believable story about a fabulous future economy, to indulge their fantasies.
No one country will be able to run current-account deficits and use foreign finance to indulge in financial excesses as freely as the United States did in recent years.
Such vote buying to win hearts and minds is, after all, a fair game for any party to indulge in.
Instead of formulating and implementing comprehensive and transparent reforms, the government would have no choice but to continue to indulge - and, above all, avoid threatening - vested interests.
In that case, he would risk getting a beating, though perhaps a few beggars would indulge his fantasies in the hope of duping him out of his money.
Modern European populists don't wear black shirts, or indulge in street violence.
Though, at age 71, I may be a little old to indulge in hero worship, I cannot remember a public figure to whom I have warmed more.

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