indulgent

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt/

Definition of indulgent

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.
    “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.”

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Etymology

From Latin indulgēns, indulgentem, present participle of indulgēre.

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