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 Definitions of indulgent  [ɪnˈdʌl dʒənt]  

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Definition of 'indulgent' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) indulgent
characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly permissive.

Etymology:  (1500–10; < L)

Definition of 'indulgent' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) indulgent
characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
"indulgent grandparents"

2. (adj) indulgent, lenient, soft
tolerant or lenient
"indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"

3. (adj) indulgent
being favorably inclined
"an indulgent attitude"


Definition of 'indulgent' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) indulgent
prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent


Translation of 'indulgent' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: willing to allow people to do or have what they wish (often to too great an extent)
an indulgent parent.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bevredigend Arabic flag Arabic: مُتَساهِل، مُتَسامِح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отдаден
Brazilian flag Brazilian: indulgente Czech flag Czech: shovívavý German flag German: nachsichtig
Danish flag Danish: overbærende; eftergivende Greek flag Greek: επιεικής, μαλακός Spanish flag Spanish: indulgente
Estonian flag Estonian: järeleandlik, leplik Farsi flag Farsi: آسان گیر Finnish flag Finnish: periksi antava
French flag French: indulgent Hebrew flag Hebrew: נוֹטֶה לְפַנֵק Hindi flag Hindi: कृपालु, अनुकूल
Croatian flag Croatian: popustljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: elnéző Indonesian flag Indonesian: suka memanjakan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: eftirlátur Italian flag Italian: indulgente Japanese flag Japanese: 甘い
Korean flag Korean: 관대한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuolaidžiaujantis, atlaid Latvian flag Latvian: iecietīgs
Malay flag Malay: suka memanjakan Dutch flag Dutch: toegeeflijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: overbærende, ettergivende
Polish flag Polish: pobłażliwy Persian flag Persian: آسان گیر Pashto flag Pashto: آسان ورکول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: indulgente Romanian flag Romanian: indulgent Russian flag Russian: потворствующий
Slovak flag Slovak: zhovievavý, chápavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: popustljiv Serbian flag Serbian: popustljiv
Swedish flag Swedish: eftergiven Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งยอมผ่อนผัน Turkish flag Turkish: müsamahalı, hoş görülü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 縱容的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: той, що потурає Urdu flag Urdu: مہربان
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hay nuông chiều Chinese flag Chinese: 纵容的

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