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Definition of Indulging
1. Noun. The act of indulging or gratifying a desire.
Specialized synonyms: Intemperance, Intemperateness, Self-indulgence, Excess, Overindulgence, Binge, Orgy, Splurge
Generic synonyms: Gratification
Derivative terms: Humor, Indulge, Indulge, Indulge, Indulge, Pamper, Pampering
Definition of Indulging
1. Verb. (present participle of indulge) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indulging
1. indulge [v] - See also: indulge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indulging
Literary usage of Indulging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"It was they who called i the music, indulging every noisy freedo: and testifying
all the insolence of beggary exaltation. a of or They who held the middle ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... matters worse by indulging in extravagances that excited the disgust of all
sensible persons (Greville Memoirs, 1st ser. iii 133; CAMPBELL). ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"The defendants' attorneys asked the court to stop the solicitor from indulging
in the use of such epithets, on the ground that the solicitor is, in law, ..."
4. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"On yonder ottoman reclined the other senator from Missouri on my left [Mr.
LINN], indulging, with smiles on his face, in pleasing meditations on the rise, ..."
5. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1807)
"... with their condition, introduces Jupiter indulging to each his own choice :
Jam faciam quod vultis ; eris tu, qui modo miles, Mercator : tu, ..."
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