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overindulgence

overindulgence noun: an act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.

Noun

overindulgence (countable and uncountable, plural overindulgences)

  1. An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.
    • He blames his overindulgence in food for his expanding waistline.

overindulgence meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

overindulgence in Bengali

অতিরিক্ত প্রশ্রয় দেওয়ার কাজ, কোনো কিছুতে অত্যধিক মগ্নতা, তৃপ্তি, প্রয়োজনের চেয়ে অতিরিক্ত ভোগ

overindulgence in Malayalam

immoderation, intemperance, excess
സുഖഭോഗത്തിൽ നിമഗ്നമാകൽ, അസംയമം, അടക്കമില്ലായ്മ, ആത്മനിയന്ത്രണമില്ലായ്മ, അനിയന്ത്രിതമദ്യപാനാസക്തി, അനിയന്ത്രിതത്വം

Forms of overindulgence

pluraloverindulgences

Origin of overindulgence

From over- + indulgence.

Questions about overindulgence

What does overindulgence mean?
Overindulgence means an act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.
What is overindulgence in Bengali?
Overindulgence in Bengali is অতিরিক্ত প্রশ্রয় দেওয়ার কাজ, কোনো কিছুতে অত্যধিক মগ্নতা, তৃপ্তি. See Overindulgence meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is overindulgence?
Overindulgence is a noun.
What is the plural of overindulgence?
The plural of overindulgence is overindulgences.

Words near overindulgence in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overindulgence (page history and authors); overindulgence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overindulgence (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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