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Meanings of
indulge
in English
Portuguese
mimosear
Catalan
amanyagar
Back to the meaning
Treat with excessive indulgence.
baby
spoil
cocker
coddle
pamper
featherbed
mollycoddle
cosset
Portuguese
mimosear
Spanish
complacer
Back to the meaning
Yield (to); give satisfaction to.
gratify
pander
Spanish
complacer
Synonyms
Examples for "
baby
"
baby
spoil
cocker
coddle
pamper
Examples for "
baby
"
1
She had made that decision long ago; her
baby
was the law.
2
Jai's health and the viability of our
baby
were at great risk.
3
Another
baby
,
born the previous year, left as his family moved away.
4
The main risks to the
baby
are premature birth and respiratory problems.
5
We wish that a
baby
will soon grace your family, Knotgrass said.
1
However, I also strongly believe in the right to
spoil
your vote.
2
I wanted to
spoil
the party by a long way, Abbott said.
3
No way was he going to let a woman
spoil
the moment.
4
We should not interfere in case we
spoil
an official criminal investigation.
5
The only result will be to
spoil
the control of the aeroplane.
1
Other animals in the range include elephants, alligators, giraffes and
cocker
spaniels.
2
This was the moment when the red
cocker
's
tail came to grief.
3
He sounds like our
cocker
spaniel puppy, and still I don't understand.
4
I don't have to wait long for the muted clitter of
cocker
claws.
5
The seven puppies include five beagles and two
beagle
-
cocker
spaniel mixes.
1
I had no idea that he would be such an old
coddle
.
2
We make no attempt to
coddle
the people who work with us.
3
It's not that and you know it, Joe, so don't
coddle
me.
4
And so we left them alone awhile, to
coddle
over their raptures.
5
Come on, and don't be a
molly
-
coddle
,
cried Tommy, wild to go.
1
I'd a humor to
pamper
myself so long as my side protested.
2
I knew how to
pamper
myself and indulge in a slow morning.
3
How much you
pamper
yourself after that is entirely up to you.
4
In this hell of theirs they will even
pamper
his beastly body.'
5
And you don't have to
pamper
them-particularlyin the matter of food.
1
Great
featherbed
clouds are billowing across the sun, their edges brilliant silver.
2
Her
featherbed
was twice as wide and lofty as my straw-and-rag-filled shakedown.
3
The bed hangings were askew and the
featherbed
dumped unceremoniously on the floor.
4
The bedding smelled of down must, and the pungent straw beneath the
featherbed
.
5
For a moment she thought about the High King's
featherbed
.
1
But they got four in return: Nick is no
mollycoddle
,
you know.
2
And they say he's the most awful
mollycoddle
-
looks
just
like a girl.
3
We don't need a
mollycoddle
like you here in the Naval Academy!
4
We didn't bring the boy out here to make a
mollycoddle
of him.
5
You don't want to make a
mollycoddle
of him, do you?
1
We must rally round and
cosset
this cove in no uncertain manner.
2
Not
cosset
her and spoil her for the next week or two.
3
She, bless her, should dandle and
cosset
them to her heart's content.
4
Miss Matilda looked miserably ill; and I prepared to comfort and
cosset
her.
5
I've never been the type to flatter and
cosset
my patients.
Enjoy to excess.
luxuriate
Usage of
indulge
in English
1
News Corp is in an better position to
indulge
in public soul-searching.
2
IS IT possible to
indulge
in national stereotyping without being a racist?
3
Covid-19 has also given politicians a chance to
indulge
their protectionist instincts.
4
And these
indulge
in subtleties in order to excuse the most wicked.
5
Besides, the South with its slave labor could not
indulge
in manufacturing.
6
However, soldiers fresh from the front cannot
indulge
the luxury of daydreams.
7
It happens occasionally and the family are nice enough to
indulge
me.
8
Non-golfers can use the spa and perhaps
indulge
in a luxury treatment.
9
It's the perfect spot in the city to
indulge
in Italian culture.
10
You must
indulge
me, however; for I seldom offend in that way.
11
He's also known to
indulge
in smoking cigars from time to time.
12
Especially did he
indulge
in drinking to excess in all convivial gatherings.
13
Let him
indulge
his passion, since it may be done without hazard.
14
Another week and time again for you to
indulge
my incorrigible prattle.
15
That is just the sort of bravado he loves to
indulge
in.
16
He may
indulge
himself in the delightful luxury of making post-mortem enemies.
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indulge
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
indulge in
indulge such
indulge in grief
indulge the hope
indulge in self
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Translations for
indulge
Portuguese
mimosear
mimar
amimar
afagar
Catalan
amanyagar
contemplar
amoixar
Spanish
complacer
consentir
satisfacer
Indulge
through the time
Indulge
across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
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