Indulging

/ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒɪŋ/

Synonyms for "indulging" (22 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

indulgence cater enjoy forgiveness gratification

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)

gratify humor humoring humouring indulgent leniency

Related words (11)

Noun(11 words)

lenient pamper pampering permissive pleasure relent relish soft succumb tolerance yield

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

action adjective allow attitude behaviordescriptive termdisposition gratification permit process tendency

More specific

10 entries

cater forgiving humor leniency lenient overindulgence pamper self-indulgence soft softness

Collocations

15 entries

chocolate indulgenceexcessive indulgencehabitual indulgenceindulgence in luxuriesindulgence of desiresindulging attitudeindulging behaviorindulging in desiresindulging in luxuriesindulging policymoral indulgenceoverindulgenceself indulgenceself-indulgenceunrestrained indulgence

Inflections

3 entries

indulged indulges indulgings

Derivations

4 entries

indulge indulgence indulgent indulgently

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom and Mary are indulging in alcohol.

Source: tatoeba (6782010)

Thank you for indulging me.

Source: tatoeba (9938876)

Daniel started indulging into a lot of activities.

Source: tatoeba (11483654)

Rather than engaging in constructive discussions about technical topics on the website's wall, a subset of users has adopted it as a virtual hangout exclusively for indulging in gossip.

Source: tatoeba (11846062)

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