indulge
indulge is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
- transitive verb. to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations
- transitive verb. to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.
- transitive verb. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
- intransitive verb. To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
- verb. yield (to); give satisfaction to
- verb. enjoy to excess
"She indulges in ice cream"
- verb. give free rein to
"The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
- verb. treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often pamper the children"
"Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Synonyms
gratify, pander, luxuriate, baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in indulge:
Common word forms
indulged, indulger, indulges, indulging, indulgeable, indulgement
Words from these letters
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