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indulge

/ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒ/verb2 syllables

Indulge means: treat with excessive indulgence.

Synonyms for indulge15

verb, as in treat with excessive indulgence

pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil

verb, as in yield (to); give satisfaction to

gratify, pander

verb, as in enjoy to excess

luxuriate

also used for indulge

mother, namby-pamby, nanny, posset

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What does indulge mean?4

verb

1

treat with excessive indulgence“grandparents often pamper the children”

2

yield (to); give satisfaction to

3

enjoy to excess“She indulges in ice cream”

4

give free rein to“The writer indulged in metaphorical language”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with indulge?1

one syllable

bulge
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Indulge in a sentence

  • If you want to change people, you can't indulge them.rul
  • Some birds indulge in aerobatics, seemingly for the sheer pleasure of doing so.Adelpa
  • Thus you cannot indulge in the pleasure of spending money freely.unknown
  • I didn’t come to indulge his ego.Nuel
  • They left everything behind to indulge in the pleasures of the flesh.Nuel
  • He began to indulge in drinking after he lost his wife.CK
  • Father was generous enough to indulge my every whim.unknown
  • You can indulge yourself without spending a fortune.Adelpa

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Forms of indulge

as a verb

past tense
indulged
present participle
indulging
third-person singular
indulges
past participle
indulged