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Antonyms for indulge
ɪnˈdʌldʒin·dulge
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term indulge.
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indulgeverb
give free rein to
"The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
Synonyms:
pander, mollycoddle, cosset, luxuriate, spoil, baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, gratify, pampergratify, pander, indulgeverb
yield (to); give satisfaction to
Synonyms:
pander, mollycoddle, cosset, luxuriate, satisfy, gratify, spoil, procure, baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, pimp, pamperindulge, luxuriateverb
enjoy to excess
"She indulges in ice cream"
Synonyms:
pander, mollycoddle, cosset, luxuriate, spoil, wanton, baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, gratify, pamperpamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulgeverb
treat with excessive indulgence
"grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
Synonyms:
pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, bilk, baby, itch, bungle, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, gratify, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, flub, fumble, vitiate, rape, thwart, ball up, featherbed, bollocks up, bollocks, screw up, baffle, mess up, luxuriate, despoil, deflower, louse up, bollix, mar, muff, violate, pander, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bobble, coddle, bollix up, cosset, spoil, corrupt, bodge
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How to use indulge in a sentence?
If we indulge crimes and breaches of the law, even whitewash, exonerate or give them support, that would be a blatant challenge to the rule of law in Hong Kong, which will eventually hurt the interest of all the Hong Kong people, hence, the central government firmly supports Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Special Administrative Region government continue to govern effectively and actively make a difference in accordance with the law, firmly supports Hong Kong Police to do their duties in accordance with the law.
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. It has no apparatus to deal with the boor, the liar, the lout, and the antidemocrat in general.
If you’re going to indulge, especially around the holidays, make it something you’re really going to enjoy and that is really going to be worth it two hours later, there are going to be sweets everywhere, so why blow your calories on something that’s not all that special?
I’m part of a system that enables political leaders to have it both ways, to indulge in ugliness and irresponsibility and to distance themselves from their own actions. The press provides the alibi as it prosecutes the case.
Sin is not just ‘out there’ in the world — it’s ‘in here’ in us, when we cannot hide behind the projections of ourselves on social media, when we cannot distract ourselves with TV and phones and internet, when we cannot indulge ourselves in food and drink, thenwe come face to face with ourselves — our ugliness and our brokenness.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5491 | discipline | |
#7851 | deny | |
#17665 | discard | |
#20396 | indulge | |
#27874 | contradict | |
#31211 | disappoint | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#36830 | counteract | |
#42606 | renounce | |
#212527 | abjure | |
#219145 | mortify |
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