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indulgent
What does indulgent mean?
indulgent (adjective): tolerant or lenient.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use indulgent in a sentence?
- Indulgent parents risk spoiling their children. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce indulgent?
/ɪnˈdʌldʒənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does indulgent come from?
From Latin indulgēns, indulgentem, present participle of indulgēre.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of indulgent?
Words related to indulgent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “indulgent” mean?
rounded like an egg
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worthy of imitation
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disastrous; ruinous
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tolerant or lenient
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diverse
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jealous
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neutral
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lenient
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