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indulgent
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d?ld??nt/
- Hyphenation: in?dul?gent
Adjective
indulgent (comparative more indulgent, superlative most indulgent)
- Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;
- An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
Synonyms
- forbearing
- gentle
- lenient
- tolerant
Derived terms
- indulgential
- indulgently
Related terms
- indulge
- indulgement
- indulgence
- indulgency
- indulger
- indulgiate
Translations
References
- indulgent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.dyl.???/
Etymology 1
From Latin indulg?ns.
Adjective
indulgent (feminine singular indulgente, masculine plural indulgents, feminine plural indulgentes)
- lenient (tolerant; not strict)
Related terms
- indulgence
- indulger
Etymology 2
Verb
indulgent
- third-person plural present indicative of indulger
- third-person plural present subjunctive of indulger
Further reading
- “indulgent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
indulgent
- third-person plural present active indicative of indulge?
Romanian
Etymology
From French indulgent, from Latin indulgens.
Adjective
indulgent m or n (feminine singular indulgent?, masculine plural indulgen?i, feminine and neuter plural indulgente)
- indulgent
Declension
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spoiled
English
Alternative forms
- spoilt
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp??ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Verb
spoiled
- simple past tense and past participle of spoil
Adjective
spoiled (comparative more spoiled, superlative most spoiled)
- (of food) That has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
- (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
Usage notes
- Much more common in the US than spoilt, while about as common as spoilt in UK.
Translations
Further reading
- spoiled at OneLook Dictionary Search
- spoiled, spoilt at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams
- despoil, diploes, diploës, dipoles, elopids, peloids, soliped
spoiled From the web:
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- what spoiled brat means
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- what spoil fasting
- what does spoiled mean
- what do spoiled mean
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