indulged 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of indulgednext
as in spoiled

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indulged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of indulge
1
as in humored
to give in to (a desire) the grandparents indulged the child's wishes to an extent that they never did with their own children

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2
as in surrendered
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly conventioneers who were obviously eager to indulge themselves in all of the vices that Las Vegas might offer

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as in nursed
to treat with great or excessive care you indulge those grandkids in ways you never did with your own kids

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indulged
  1. surrendered
  2. pampered
  3. abandoned
  4. monied
  5. wealthy
  6. moneyed
  7. affluent
Verb
  • Penny surrendered more than a week after the incident.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
  • President Joan Laporta didn't seem too concerned by this, and convinced Xavi to honor his contract until June 30, 2025 after Barca were knocked out of the Champions League by PSG and pretty much surrendered its league crown to Real Madrid after losing a Clasico.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of surrendered
Adjective
  • For pampered stays, there’s the QC Terme Grand Hotel Bagni Nuovi located in a grand Art Nouveau building with indoor and outdoor wellness options.
    Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Pair it with a jade roller or gua sha after applying this serum to boost absorption and give your skin that extra pampered glow.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of pampered
Verb
  • Second, most congressional Republicans have abandoned ethical norms.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Immediately after committing themselves to each other in an intimate ceremony, they are dramatically abandoned in an idyllic isolation for the adventure of a lifetime.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of abandoned
Adjective
  • Musk has placed himself front and center among Trump’s monied supporters.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • With blockchain, NFTs and smart contracts, players themselves can capture that value, amplify their voices through involvement in DAOs and leverage AI to build the sort of mighty IPs previously only achievable by monied corporations.
    Saro McKenna, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of monied
Adjective
  • That puts it reassuringly outside the capability of even a wealthy tech bro, who wouldn’t have the money or the diplomatic alliances required, as Cynthia Scharf, senior fellow at the International Center for Future Generations, told me.
    Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The opposing views underscored the challenge at the heart of the climate negotiations: while nations are urged to shift to green energy sources, many, including wealthy Western nations, continue to rely on fossil fuels.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of wealthy
Adjective
  • At the gala, Frida and her best friend Jess (Alia Shawkat) ditch their catering uniforms for shimmering dresses and attempt to blend in with the moneyed masses around Slater and get closer to him.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024
  • At the same time that Congress has been under assault from moneyed interests from the outside, it has been beset by growing political polarization from within.
    James D’Angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
Definition of moneyed
Adjective
  • Can the party of the universities, the affluent suburbs and the hipster urban cores do this?
    David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Since then, the county’s partisan shift has made national news, with the state’s most affluent big county swinging almost entirely to support Democrats, from presidential candidates on down.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of affluent
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