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overindulged

overindulged is the simple past and past participle of overindulge.

Meaning of overindulge

Verb

overindulge (third-person singular simple present overindulges, present participle overindulging, simple past and past participle overindulged)

  1. (ambitransitive) To indulge to excess.
    • Many well formed and well fed bodies over-indulge in sensuality, take little or no exercise, and remain sickly throughout life ; many well formed minds, over-indulge in mere gossip, frivolous conversations, and reading novels, take no serious thought or study, and remain common-place through life...1871, Hugh Doherty, Organic Philosophy; Or, Man's True Place in Nature...: Outlines of biology ..., Trübner & Co., pages 448–449
    Synonyms:
    orgy

Questions about overindulged

What is overindulged the simple past and past participle of?
Overindulged is the simple past and past participle of overindulge.

Words near overindulged in the dictionary

  1. overindividualistic
  2. overinduced
  3. overinduction
  4. overinductions
  5. overindulge
  6. overindulged
  7. overindulgence
  8. overindulgences
  9. overindulgency
  10. overindulgent
  11. overindulgently

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