different between indulge vs complaisant

English

Etymology

From the Latin indulge? (“I indulge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?ld?/

Verb

indulge (third-person singular simple present indulges, present participle indulging, simple past and past participle indulged)

1. (intransitive, often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire.

2. (transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
   • August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet

     Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.
3. To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to 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.

   • persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners

Synonyms

• (to satisfy the wishes of): coddle, cosset, pamper, spoil
• See also Thesaurus:indulge

Related terms

• indulgence
• indulgent
• indulger

Translations

Anagrams

• Legundi, dueling, eluding

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uld?e

Verb

indulge

1. third-person singular present indicative of indulgere

Latin

Verb

indulg?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of indulge?

English

Etymology

From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complac?re, present active infinitive of complace? (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + place? (“please”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?m?ple?s?nt/
• Homophone: complacent
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?ple?s?nt/, /k?m?ple?z?nt/

Adjective

complaisant (comparative more complaisant, superlative most complaisant)

1. Compliant.
2. Willing to do what pleases others; obliging.
3. (archaic) Polite; showing respect.

Usage notes

• Complaisant should not be confused with its homophone, complacent.

Derived terms

• complaisantly

Related terms

• complaisance

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pl?.z??/

Verb

complaisant

1. present participle of complaire

Adjective

complaisant (feminine singular complaisante, masculine plural complaisants, feminine plural complaisantes)

1. complaisant, obliging, eager to please

Derived terms

• mari complaisant

Further reading

• “complaisant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).