indulgeverb
uk/ɪnˈdʌldʒ/us/ɪnˈdʌldʒ/C2 [ I or T ] to allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you:
The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs.
I love champagne but I don't often indulge myself.
We took a deliberate decision to indulge in a little nostalgia.
[ T ] to give someone anything they want and not to mind if they behave badly:
My aunt indulges the children dreadfully.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating someone well
- allowance
- be spoilt for choice idiom
- coddle
- cosset
- do as you would be done by idiom
- do sb proud idiom
- indulgence
- kid
- make much/a lot of sb idiom
- mollycoddle
- mother
- pander to sb/sth
- respect
- see sb right idiom
- smother
- spoil
- spoil sb rotten idiom
- succour
- treat
- treat sb like royalty idiom
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