Indulge

Definition: Indulge

Indulge

Verb

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

2. Yield (to); give satisfaction to.

3. Enjoy to excess.

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "indulge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Note: Indulge \In*dulge"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Indulged; Indulging.]. (references)

Synonyms: Indulge

Choice

Select; pick and choose; pick out, single out; cull, glean, winnow; sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat; pick up, pitch upon; pick one's way; indulge one;s fancy.

Disrespect

Speak slightingly of; disparage; (dispraise); vilipend, vilify, call names; throw dirt, fling dirt; drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities; make mouths, make faces; bite the thumb; take by the beard; pluck by the beard; toss in a blanket, tar and feather.

Giving

Furnish, supply, help; administer to; afford, spare; accommodate with, indulge with, favor with; shower down upon; lavish, pour on, thrust upon.

Hope

Feel hope, entertain hope, harbor hope, indulge hope, cherish hope, feed hope, foster hope, nourish hope, encourage hope, cling to hope, live in hope; Noun: see land; feel assured, rest assured, feel confident, rest confident; Adjective:

Imagination

Give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy; indulge in reverie.

Inattention

Abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie.

Incogitancy

Indulge in reverie; (be inattentive).

Intemperance

Verb: be intemperate; Adjective: indulge, exceed; live well, live high, live high on the fat of the land, live it up, live high on the hog; give a loose to indulgence; Noun: wallow in voluptuousness; Noun: plunge into dissipation.

Lenity

Indulge, allow one to have his own way, spoil.

Pain

Bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate; (savory); regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart,bless, beatify; satisfy; gratify, desire slake, satiate, quench; indulge, humor, flatter, tickle; tickle the palate; (savory); regale, refresh; enliven; treat; amuse; take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy; meet one's wishes; win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart; do one's heart good.

Permission

Verb: permit; give permission; Noun: give power; let, allow, admit; suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede; accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut one's eyes to.

Pleasure

Be pleased; with; receive pleasure, derive pleasure; n. from; take pleasure; n. in; delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in; gloat over; (physical pleasure); enjoy, relish, like; love; take to, take a fancy to; have a liking for; enter into the spirit of.

Selfishness

Verb: be selfish; Adjective: please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself; consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure; look after one's own interest; feather one's nest; take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered; give an inch and take an ell.

Crosswords: Indulge

Temporal folds are not to indulge the whims of lower beings (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles)

A man must know the right occasion to indulge in tax evasion (Shock Treatment; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Indulge It: New Ideas for Delicious Desserts (Cook It) (reference)

• Indulge yourself (reference)

• Indulge Yourself with Aromatherapy (reference)

• It's the Little Things: 300 Simple Ways to Indulge Yourself (reference)

• Like Chocolate for Women: Indulge and Recharge with Everyday Aromatherapy (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

As the entire pattern of life in the nineties becomes more individual, fitness enthusiasts are sending sales of home exercise equipment soaring as they equip themselves to indulge in their hobby according to their own timetables. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

The so-called "soft cartels," however, may continue to enjoy dominant market share as long as they do not indulge in abusive practices such as price fixing or territorial or quantity allocation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "indulge": indulge hope ♦ indulge in ♦ indulge in an excess of ♦ indulge in reverie ♦ indulge one ♦ indulge oneself ♦ indulge oneself in ♦ indulge smb. in ♦ indulge smb. in smth. ♦ self indulge ♦ you can't indulge every creature. Additional references.

Ending with "indulge": over-indulge.

Albanian

i shkoj pas qejfit (humor, humour), plotësoj (amplify, appease, complement, complete, consummate, draw, fill, fill in, fill up, flesh, fulfil, fulfill, grant, gratify, make good, make out, make up, meet, perfect, perform, process, realize, refill, replenish, satisfy, supplement, supply), llastoj (cosher, featherbed, grandmother, pamper, pet), kënaq (appease, content, enchant, feast, gratify, humor, humour, please, regale, satisfy, suffice). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لاطف (be nice, caress, comply, fondle, humor, humour, molly-coddle, pet, treat well, treat with kindness), ‏تساهل (indulgence, lay off, lenience, leniency, let on, tolerate, toleration), ‏أمهل (give smb. notice, reprieve, respite, stall), ‏أشبع رغباته, ‏دلل (cherish, cocker, coddle, cosset, dandle, fondle, molly-coddle, mother, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed). (various references)

Bulgarian 

удовлетворявам (gratify, please, satisfy, suffice, supply), храня (aliment, bait, cherish, do, entertain, feed, maintain, nourish, nurse), глезя (cosher, cosset, dandle, humor, humour, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, slop over, spoil), отдавам се (addict, employ oneself, give oneself, lapse, revel), задоволявам (answer, cater for, content, cover, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, please, salve, satisfy, serve, slake, suffice, suit), проявявам снизходителност към, позволявам си (afford, presume, venture), пия прекомерно, давам воля на (unload, unrein, vent), давам отсрочка на длъжник, давам опрощение. (various references)

Chinese 

耽 (procrastinate), 沉溺 (Indulged, indulging), 放任 . (various references)

Czech

vychutnávat, libovat si (relish, take pleasure, wallow), hovìt si (wallow), dopřávat si (indulge oneself). (various references)

Danish

soege at kapre stemmer (to indulge in vote catching manoeuvres). (various references)

Dutch

sparen (be lenient with, begrudge, regret, save, spare), ontzien (be lenient with, begrudge, regret, spare). (various references)

Esperanto

indulgi (be lenient with, spare). (various references)

Faeroese

eira (be lenient with, spare). (various references)

Farsi 

مخالفت نکردن , مخالف نبودن , نرنجاندن , زیاده روی کردن , افراطکردن -دراستعمال مشروبات وغیر, رهاساختن (Redd), شوخی کردن (Fun, Jest, Joke, Josh, Lark, Trick), دل کسی رابدست اوردن . (various references)

Finnish

armahtaa (be lenient with, have mercy, pardon, pity, spare). (various references)

French

se laisser tenter, se laisser aller à, satisfaire sa passion, gâter, donner libre cours, céder à (give in to smb.), accorder des délais, être indulgent. (various references)

German

nachgeben (back down, budge, cave in, cede, climb down, drop, ease, fall, give in, give up, give way, pander, relent, relinquish, submit, to give in, to give way, weaken, yield). (various references)

Greek 

εντρυφώ (delight, luxuriate, relish). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפנק (baby, cherish, coddle, fondle, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed), לעשות רצונו, להתענג (delight, enjoy, relish). (various references)

Hungarian

elnéz (forgive, Miss, to countenance, to excuse, to pardon, to pass by), elkényeztet (coddle, feather bed, pamper, spoil, spoilt, to coddle, to indulge, to pamper, to spoil), belemerül valamibe (give oneself up to). (various references)

Indonesian

menurutkan, memanjakan (cosher, molly-coddle, pamper, spoil). (various references)

Italian

indulgere, soddisfare (comply, content, discharge, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, meet, please, satisfy, suit, supply), permettersi (afford, presume), concedersi, compiacere (be pleased, congratulate, gratify, please, satisfy), assecondare (pander), appagare (be satisfied, fulfil, fulfill, satisfy), abbandonarsi. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

貪る (to covet, to deeply desire, to indulge in, to lust insatiably for), 耽る (to be absorbed in, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be obsessed by, to give oneself up to, to indulge in), 耽ける (to be absorbed in, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be obsessed by, to give oneself up to, to indulge in), 溺れる (to be drowned, to indulge in). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おぼれる (to be drowned, to indulge in), ふける (to advance, to age, to be absorbed in, to be engrossed in, to be lost in, to be obsessed by, to become ready to eat, to change with age, to get late, to give oneself up to, to indulge in, to spoil from weathering, to wear on), むさぼる (to covet, to deeply desire, to indulge in, to lust insatiably for). (various references)

Korean 

취약하십시요. (various references)

Manx

soailchaghey (idle, idling), lhiggey lesh (abandon, abandonment, comply, concede, concession, connivance, connive, forbear, humour, indulgence, loosen, loosening, part with, remission, spare, yield), cur eiyrt da. (various references)

Norwegian

gi etter for, føye. (various references)

Pig Latin

indulgeay.(various references)

Portuguese

idultar, tolerar (abide, admit, bear with, bide, brook, carry out, endure, forbear, have, put up with, receive, stand for, suffer, sustain, swallow, tolerate, wink at), serindulgentepara (spare), satisfazer (appease, assuage, content, fill, gladden, gratify, measure up to, pay, please, pleasing, pleasure, satisfy, settle, slake, stay, suffice, suit, wreak), saciar (cloy, glut, pall, pall on, sate, satiate, scunner, wreak), poupar (attract savings, avoid, evade, keep, lay aside, rescue, save, set by, spare), perdoar (absolve, condone, excuse, forgave, forgive, let off, look over, make allowance for, pardon, remit), favorecer (advance, advantage, befriend, favor, favour, flatter, foment, further, hold up, honor, honour, oblige, pamper, pet, side with, support, take sides), ceder (break, bring to one's knees, cede, convey, demise, desist, dispose of, fold, give in, give up, give way, go, hand over, humor, humour, knuckle under, part with, prelude, pull off, relinquish, resign, sag, sell, sink, spare, submit, succumb, to yield, transfer, truckle, vail, vend, weaken, yield), acarinhar (caress, coddle, neck, pamper, pet). (various references)

Romanian

trage la mãsea (soak), tolera (admit, allow, allow of, bear, endure, get over, permit, stand, suffer, support, tolerate), se consola (get over), rãsfãţa (amuse, caress, Cocker, coddle, cosher, dandle, divert, fondle, mollycoddle, pamper, pet, spoil), pãsui, face pe voia, face pe plac, absolvi (absolve, acquit, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, graduate, pass out, release). (various references)

Russian 

быть снисходительным, предаваться удовольствиям (indulged, indulging), предаваться (devote), потворствовать (connive), доставлять удовольствие (gratify, please, pleasure). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadovoljiti (fulfill, gratify, please, satisfy, suit, supply), razmaziti (coddle, dote, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil), prepuštati se, povlađivati (humor, humour, say ditto to), odavati se (lend oneself to). (various references)

Spanish

tomar el perdón, satisfacer (answer, assuage, come up to, content, gratify, meet, please, provide, satisfy, settle, suffice), mimar (canoodle, coax, coddle, cosset, fondle, humor, humour, mollycoddle, mother, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed, wait on), gratificar (humor, humour, patent, reward), dar rienda suelta (let loose), dar gusto a, consentir (accede, accept, agree, assent, coddle, comply, consent, give in, pamper, pander to, permit, spoil), condescender con, complacerse (self indulge), complacer (accommodate, humor, humour, lead on, meet with, oblige, pander to, please, satisfy), beber (boose, booze, drink, imbibe, partake of, put back, swig, wet one's whistle). (various references)

Swedish

skämma bort (pet, spoil). (various references)

Turkish

izin vermek (allow, authorise, authorize, consent, empower, enable, excuse, give smb. notice, give smb. the green light, let, licence, license, permit, permit of, sanction, suffer, warrant), içmek (belt down, drink, drinking, eat, have a drink, imbibe, knock back, propose, pull, slosh, slosh down, swig), zevk almak (appreciate, delight, enjoy, feast, revel, take pleasure), yüz vermek (countenance, pamper, pander to smb.), tutulmak (attack, attaint, be at a premium, be enamored of, be enamoured of, be held, be in a request, be smitten with, be stuck, be stuck on, be taken, be taken with, catch on, come in, come up, drop, go into, have a crush on smb., incur, make a hit, smite, stiffen), sigara içmek (have a smoke, smoke), memnun etmek (charm, comfort, content, gladden, gratify, humor, humour, make happy, oblige, please, rejoice, satisfy, suit), hoşgörmek (connive, excuse, look with favour on, overlook, permit of, tolerate), haz almak (be delighted, enjoy, feast, take pleasure), boyun eğmek (bend, bend the knee, bow, bow down, buckle, buckle under, cave, comply, comply with, give way, knuckle down, knuckle under, resign oneself to, sit down under, submit, surrender, truckle), şımartmak (baby, coddle, cosher, cosset, dandle, feather bed, pamper, pet, spoil, spoonfeed). (various references)

Ukrainian

ставитися поблажливо, робити приємність. (various references)

Welsh

moethi (pamper), maldodi (pamper, pet), anwesu (caress, cherish, fondle, pamper). (various references)

indulgentia. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "indulge": indulged, indulgence, indulgences, indulgent, indulgently, indulger, indulgers, indulges. (additional references)

Words ending with "indulge": overindulge. (additional references)

Words containing "indulge": overindulged, overindulgence, overindulgences, overindulgent, overindulges. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Indulge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endulge, indole, induldge, indulg. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dueling, eluding.

-1 letter: dingle, engild, guiled, gulden, lunged.

-2 letters: deign, dinge, gelid, glide, glued, guide, guild, guile, indue, ingle, lined, luged, lunge, lungi, nudge, nudie, unled.

-3 letters: deil, deli, deni, diel, dine, ding, duel, dune, dung, geld, genu, gied, gien, gild, gled, glen, glue, gude, guid, idle, iglu, lend, leud, lied, lien, lieu, line, ling, lude.

+1 letter: deluding, deluging, duelling, indulged, indulger, indulges, ingulfed.

+2 letters: belauding, cudgeling, decupling, delousing, depluming, devaluing, duplexing, euglenoid, excluding, guideline, guildsmen, indulgent, indulgers, longitude, loudening, preluding, secluding, unaligned, underling, ungodlier, unleading, unmingled.

+3 letters: beclouding, befuddling, bemuddling, blundering, cudgelling, decoupling, defaulting, disgruntle, divulgence, enduringly, euglenoids, guidelines, indulgence, languished, laundering, longitudes, mouldering, mudslinger, outdueling, plundering, precluding, rebuilding, redoubling, scheduling, underlings, underlying, unendingly, ungodliest, unyielding.