indulgent

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone (Freq. 1)
- indulgent grandparents
• Ant:
nonindulgent
• Similar to:
decadent, effete, dissipated, betting, card-playing,
sporting, epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary,
voluptuous, gay, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate, hard,
heavy, overindulgent, pampering, self-indulgent
• See Also:
gluttonous
• Derivationally related forms:
indulgence
2. tolerant or lenient (Freq. 1)
- indulgent parents risk spoiling their children
- too soft on the children
- they are soft on crime
• Syn:
lenient, soft
• Similar to:
permissive
• Derivationally related forms:
softness (for: soft), leniency (for: lenient), lenience (for: lenient), indulgence
3. being favorably inclined
- an indulgent attitude
• Similar to:
favorable, favourable

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lenient, soft
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  nonindulgent, strict