indulge

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈdʌldʒ/

Verb

indulge (indulges, present participle indulging; past and past participle indulged)

1. (intransitive, often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire.

   He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.

   I indulged in drinking on the weekend.

2. (transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.

   Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.

   I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes.

   • Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.

3. To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.

   to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations

4. To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
5. To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

   • persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners

   • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify )”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. In Three Books, Dublin; London: Reprinted for A. Dodd, OCLC 1033416756 ↗:

Synonyms

• (to satisfy the wishes of) coddle, cosset, pamper, spoil
• See also Thesaurus:indulge

Related terms

• indulgence
• indulgent
• indulger

Translations

• French: céder, succomber à la tentation
• German: nachgeben, erliegen
• Portuguese: ceder, sucumbir
• Russian: придаваться
• Spanish: ceder, sucumbir

Translations

• French: dorloter, gâter, choyer
• German: frönen, hätscheln, verwöhnen
• Portuguese: mimar
• Russian: потака́ть
• Spanish: mimar, consentir

Translations

• Russian: отсро́чить

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