Definition of indulgent

"indulgent" in the adjective sense

1. indulgent

characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

"indulgent grandparents"

2. indulgent, lenient, soft

tolerant or lenient

"indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"

"too soft on the children"

"they are soft on crime"

3. indulgent

being favorably inclined

"an indulgent attitude"

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Quotations for indulgent

A flattered woman is always indulgent. [ Chenier ]

What avails it that indulgent Heaven
From mortal eyes has wrapt the woes to come,
If we, ingenious to torment ourselves.
Grow pale at hideous fictions of our own?
Enjoy the present; nor with needless cares
Of what may spring from blind misfortune's womb,
Appal the surest hour that life bestows.
Serene, and master of yourself, prepare
For what may come; and leave the rest to Heaven. [ Armstrong ]

Be charitable and indulgent to every one but yourself. [ Joubert ]

Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

Dame Fortune, like most others of the female sex, is generally most indulgent to the nimble-mettled blockheads. [ Otway ]

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent towards their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it. [ Bovee ]

indulgent in Scrabble®

The word indulgent is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters indulgent:

INDULGENT
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (13 words)

denting, diluent, dueling, eluding, eluting, glinted, guilted, indulge, lending, tending, tingled, unlined, untiled

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word indulgent

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In indulgent

INDULGENT
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INDULGENT
(108)
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indulgent in Words With Friends™

The word indulgent is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters indulgent:

INDULGENT
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (13 words)

denting, diluent, dueling, eluding, eluting, glinted, guilted, indulge, lending, tending, tingled, unlined, untiled

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word indulgent

INDULGENT
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In indulgent

INDULGENT
(234)
INDULGENT
(132)
INDULGENT
(120)
INDULGE
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Words containing the sequence indulgent

Words that start with indulgent (2 words)

Words with indulgent in them (2 words)

Words that end with indulgent (3 words)

Word Growth involving indulgent

Shorter words in indulgent

en gent

in indulge

Longer words containing indulgent

indulgently overindulgently

overindulgent overindulgently

selfindulgent