overindulgeverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌəʊ.və.rɪnˈdʌldʒ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪnˈdʌldʒ/to allow yourself or someone else to have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink:
I wish I hadn't overindulged so much (= had so much to eat and drink) last night.
It's not good for children to be overindulged (= always given what they want).
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Too much and unnecessary
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- avalanche
- be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- hyper
- immoderate
- inessential
- insatiable
- lousy
- plenty
- plethora
- proliferate
- redundancy
- redundant
- sock
- supplementary
- surplus
- weigh
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overindulgence
noun [ U ] uk/ˌəʊ.və.rɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪnˈdʌl.dʒəns/
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time of overindulgence (= eating and drinking too much).