overindulge
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- 21
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- 11
Definition of overindulge
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(ambitransitive)To indulge to excess.
“Many well formed and well fed bodies over-indulge in sensuality, take little or no exercise, and remain sickly throughout life ; many well formed minds, over-indulge in mere gossip, frivolous conversations, and reading novels, take no serious thought or study, and remain common-place through life; or worse than common-place, being more or less intensely perverted in proportion to original endowments of mental capacity.”
“Children who overindulge in sweets often lose flesh, partly because an undue amount of sugar overtaxes the eliminative organs and upsets the bodily machinery.”
“As the parent of one child, it may be most tempting for you to overindulge your youngster with things.”
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Etymology
From over- + indulge.
Words you can make from overindulge
200+ playable · top: DEVOURING (14 pts)
Best play devouring 14 points9-letter words
3 words8-letter words
28 words- DEVELING 13 pts
- DIVULGER 13 pts
- GOVERNED 13 pts
- GROVELED 13 pts
- OVERGILD 13 pts
- RINGDOVE 13 pts
- UNGLOVED 13 pts
- EVILDOER 12 pts
- LEVERING 12 pts
- LOUVERED 12 pts
- OVERIDLE 12 pts
- OVERLEND 12 pts
- REVELING 12 pts
- UNLEVIED 12 pts
- UNVEILED 12 pts
- VELURING 12 pts
- ELOIGNED 10 pts
- ENGIRDLE 10 pts
- EUGLENID 10 pts
- GOLDENER 10 pts
- GUERIDON 10 pts
- INDULGER 10 pts
- LINGERED 10 pts
- REEDLING 10 pts
- ELOIGNER 9 pts
- LOUNGIER 9 pts
- REGULINE 9 pts
- UNDERLIE 9 pts
7-letter words
68 words- DELVING 12 pts
- DIVERGE 12 pts
- DIVULGE 12 pts
- DROVING 12 pts
- GRIEVED 12 pts
- DELIVER 11 pts
- LIVENED 11 pts
- LIVERED 11 pts
- LOUVRED 11 pts
- OVERDUE 11 pts
- OVERING 11 pts
- REEVING 11 pts
- REGIVEN 11 pts
- RELIVED 11 pts
- REVILED 11 pts
- UNGLOVE 11 pts
- UNLIVED 11 pts
- UNLOVED 11 pts
- VEERING 11 pts
- VELIGER 11 pts
- VELURED 11 pts
- VIRGULE 11 pts
- LIVENER 10 pts
- NERVULE 10 pts
- OVERLIE 10 pts
- RELIEVO 10 pts
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- DELEING 9 pts
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- DUELING 9 pts
- DUNGIER 9 pts
- ELUDING 9 pts
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- ERODING 9 pts
- GLENOID 9 pts
- GLORIED 9 pts
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- GOLDURN 9 pts
- GROINED 9 pts
- GRUELED 9 pts
- GUERDON 9 pts
- GUILDER 9 pts
- IGNORED 9 pts
- INDULGE 9 pts
- LEDGIER 9 pts
- LORDING 9 pts
- LOUNGED 9 pts
- REDOING 9 pts
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- LOURING 8 pts
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- REDLINE 8 pts
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- RELINED 8 pts
- REOILED 8 pts
- ROUNDEL 8 pts
- UNOILED 8 pts
- URODELE 8 pts
- ELOINER 7 pts
6-letter words
100 words- GLOVED 11 pts
- GROVED 11 pts
- DELVER 10 pts
- DERIVE 10 pts
- DEVEIN 10 pts
- DEVOIR 10 pts
- DEVOUR 10 pts
- DRIVEL 10 pts
- DRIVEN 10 pts
- ENDIVE 10 pts
- ENVIED 10 pts
- GLOVER 10 pts
- GOVERN 10 pts
- GRIEVE 10 pts
- GROVEL 10 pts
- LEVIED 10 pts
- LOVING 10 pts
- NERVED 10 pts
- NEVOID 10 pts
- ELEVON 9 pts
- ENVIER 9 pts
- ENVIRO 9 pts
- EVILER 9 pts
- LEVIER 9 pts
- LIEVER 9 pts
- LOUVER 9 pts
- LOUVRE 9 pts
- LOVIER 9 pts
- OEUVRE 9 pts
- DELUGE 8 pts
- DENGUE 8 pts
- DINGER 8 pts
- DINGLE 8 pts
- DOLING 8 pts
- DONGLE 8 pts
- DROGUE 8 pts
- DURING 8 pts
- EDGIER 8 pts
- ENGILD 8 pts
- ENGIRD 8 pts
- GELDER 8 pts
- GENDER 8 pts
- GERUND 8 pts
- GILDER 8 pts
- GIRDLE 8 pts
- GIRNED 8 pts
- GLIDER 8 pts
- GOLDEN 8 pts
- GOLDER 8 pts
- GOURDE 8 pts
- GROUND 8 pts
- GUIDER 8 pts
- GUIDON 8 pts
- GUILED 8 pts
- GULDEN 8 pts
- LEDGER 8 pts
- LEGEND 8 pts
- LODGER 8 pts
- LONGED 8 pts
- LUNGED 8 pts
- NUDGER 8 pts
- DENIER 7 pts
- DINERO 7 pts
- DIURON 7 pts
- DUELER 7 pts
- DURION 7 pts
- EELING 7 pts
- ELOIGN 7 pts
- ELUDER 7 pts
- ENDURE 7 pts
- ENDURO 7 pts
- ENURED 7 pts
- ERINGO 7 pts
- GLUIER 7 pts
- IGNORE 7 pts
- INDOLE 7 pts
- INURED 7 pts
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- LEGION 7 pts
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- LOGIER 7 pts
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- LOUNGE 7 pts
- LOURED 7 pts
- LUNGEE 7 pts
- LUNGER 7 pts
- LURING 7 pts
- NEREID 7 pts
- NODULE 7 pts
- NURLED 7 pts
- OREIDE 7 pts
- LIERNE 6 pts
- LUNIER 6 pts
- NEROLI 6 pts
- OLEINE 6 pts
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