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indulgent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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an indulgent attitude.
indulgent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Derivation | indulgence |
indulgent grandparents.
Examples of indulgent
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These little touches are impressive but sometimes come across as self-indulgent.
From the metro.co.uk
There are two-hour feature films that don't have closing credits this indulgent.
From the philly.com
Even by his field's indulgent standards, Reich was surely one for the casebooks.
From the time.com
This is a crucial bit for me, makes the meat filling rich, creamy and indulgent.
From the guardian.co.uk
His disillusionment with that self-indulgent creed is the book's central thread.
From the economist.com
So the filmmaker commentaries on most DVDs have way too much indulgent cackling.
From the time.com
Caldwell's interpretation of the role is singular and peculiarly self-indulgent.
From the time.com
I had tried to keep a journal, but I found my reminiscences indulgent and silly.
From the guardian.co.uk
If this is sometimes indulgent, there's a rambling charm to his performance too.
From the express.co.uk
- Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
- Tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
- Being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"
- (indulgently) in an indulgent manner; "I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised"
- (indulgence) an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
- (indulgence) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
- During the French Revolution, modu00E9rantisme or the faction des modu00E9ru00E9s (faction of the moderates) was the name given to the Girondists and then to the Dantonistes by the Montagnards. Modu00E9rantisme was denounced before the Jacobin and the Cordeliers Clubs, who then led the first attacks on it in 1794.
- Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent ...
- (indulgently) here, meaning patiently, contentedly, and happily.
