indulge

Meaning

1. (intransitive, often) To yield to a temptation or desire.
2. (transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
3. To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.
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.

Synonyms

spoil

pamper

coddle

gratify

cosset

pander

luxuriate

baby

👶

mollycoddle

wallow

humour

fall

cocker

content

satisfy

pet

featherbed

cherish

fling

forgive

founder

gentle

give in

give way

gorge

hurl

impress

indulgence

lapse

minister

overindulge

pardon

please

plunge

practise

prostrate

quit

relapse

relish

revel

sate

satiate

sin

slake

succumb

suffice

surfeit

throw

render effeminate

treat

Translations

dorloter

choyer

koesteren

nachgeben

verwennen

consentir

εντρυφώ

toegeven

ontzien

sparen

ικανοποιώ

satisfaire

ενδίδω

frönen

cedere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Latin indulgeō (“I indulge”).