Indulge
Indulge İngilizce anlamı ve tanımı
Indulge anlamları
- (v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
- (v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
- (v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
- (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.
- (v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
Indulge tanım:
Kelime: in·dulge
Söyleniş: in-'d&lj
İşlev: verb
Türleri: in·dulged; in·dulg·ing
Kökeni: Latin indulgEre to be complaisant
transitive senses
1 a : to give free rein to b : to take unrestrained pleasure in : GRATIFY
2 a : to yield to the desire of : HUMOR b : to treat with excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration
intransitive senses : to indulge oneself
- in·dulg·er noun
synonyms INDULGE, PAMPER, HUMOR, SPOIL, BABY, MOLLYCODDLE mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. INDULGE implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse . PAMPER implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect pampered by the amenities of modern living . HUMOR stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims humored him by letting him tell the story . SPOIL stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering foolish parents spoil their children . BABY suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude babying students by grading too easily . MOLLYCODDLE suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare refused to mollycoddle her malingering son .