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indulgent

S vs Indulgent - What's the difference?

s | indulgent |


As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective indulgent is

disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

Indulgent vs Yielding - What's the difference?

indulgent | yielding | Synonyms |

Indulgent is a synonym of yielding.


As adjectives the difference between indulgent and yielding

is that indulgent is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants while yielding is docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

As a verb yielding is

.

As a noun yielding is

a concession.

Propitious vs Indulgent - What's the difference?

propitious | indulgent | Related terms |

Propitious is a related term of indulgent.


As adjectives the difference between propitious and indulgent

is that propitious is favorable; benevolent (eg propitious weather ) while indulgent is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

Indulgent vs Glutton - What's the difference?

indulgent | glutton |


As adjectives the difference between indulgent and glutton

is that indulgent is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants while glutton is gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

As a noun glutton is

one who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

As a verb glutton is

(archaic) to glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.

Free vs Indulgent - What's the difference?

free | indulgent |


As adjectives the difference between free and indulgent

is that free is (label) unconstrained while indulgent is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

As an adverb free

is without needing to pay.

As a verb free

is to make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.

As a noun free

is (australian rules football|gaelic football) abbreviation of free kick.

Indulgent vs Patronizing - What's the difference?

indulgent | patronizing |


As adjectives the difference between indulgent and patronizing

is that indulgent is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants while patronizing is offensively condescending.

As a verb patronizing is

.

Indulgent vs Patronized - What's the difference?

indulgent | patronized |


As an adjective indulgent

is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

As a verb patronized is

(patronize).

Indulgent vs Patronize - What's the difference?

indulgent | patronize |


As an adjective indulgent

is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc, or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

As a verb patronize is

to make a patron.

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