Synonyms of indulging

indulging

verb

present participle of indulge

1

as in humoring

to give in to (a desire)

the grandparents indulged the child's wishes to an extent that they never did with their own children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humoring
• gratifying
• pleasing
• spoiling
• revelling
• catering (to)
• delighting
• reveling
• satisfying
• basking
• luxuriating
• pampering
• wallowing
• coddling
• pleasuring
• mollycoddling
• satiating
• sating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• checking
• curbing
• restraining
• inhibiting
• stifling
• constraining
• bridling

2

as in surrendering

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrendering
• abandoning
• yielding
• delivering
• reveling
• giving up
• overdoing
• revelling
• overindulging
• basking
• wallowing
• luxuriating
• rolling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• eschewing
• foregoing
• checking
• restraining
• refraining (from)
• forgoing
• abstaining (from)
• inhibiting
• forbearing

3

as in spoiling

to treat with great or excessive care

you indulge those grandkids in ways you never did with your own kids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoiling
• pampering
• nursing
• pleasing
• satisfying
• coddling
• babying
• appeasing
• mollycoddling
• delighting
• cosseting
• dandling
• humoring
• mothering
• cockering
• contenting
• gratifying
• obliging
• wet-nursing
• catering (to)
• placating
• soothing
• gladdening
• pacifying
• mollifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abusing
• controlling
• misusing
• restraining
• mistreating
• manhandling
• disciplining
• mishandling
• maltreating
• neglecting
• oppressing
• violating
• ill-treating
• overlooking
• ill-using
• slighting
• molesting
• harassing
• torturing
• hurting
• tormenting
• harming
• outraging
• injuring
• persecuting
• victimizing

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of indulging

But doing it too much and indulging to much could be a reason to evaluate the motive. —Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024

Those indulging on social media often post photos to track their progress (again, these links are NSFW). —Mikelle Street, Them, 9 Oct. 2024

As a result, the still popular Uribe has relentlessly condemned Santos for brokering an agreement that was too forgiving of the FARC and for indulging Venezuelan strongmen Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro. —Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2018