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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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