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self-indulgent

self-indulgent adjective: exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.

Adjective

self-indulgent (comparative more self-indulgent, superlative most self-indulgent)

  1. Exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.
    • It is not a refuge for self-indulgent monomaths to channelize their aggressions within a community of colleagues and students.1960, National Review, volume 8, page 52
    • I can assure him and others that I am more than willing to let feminist-separatists, male and/or female go their own gay way. Along with other extraneous and self-indulgent factions, they have been a diversionary and devisive ^([sic]) element.1978 April 8, Illogical Comprehension, “Rudy Grillo”, in Gay Community News, page 4

self-indulgent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Malay

self-indulgent in Hindi

exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
विषयासक्त viṣyāsakt

self-indulgent in Tamil

தன்னிழைவாக, தன் விருப்பிழைவான, தங்குதடையற்று இன்பத்தில் இழைகிற

self-indulgent in Malayalam

pleasure-seeking, hedonistic, sybaritic
ആനന്ദവാദിയായ, ഭോഗാസക്തനായ, സുഖാന്വേഷിയായ, വിഷയി, ആഹ്ലാദാന്വേഷകനായ, ആനന്ദാന്വേഷകനായ

self-indulgent in Malay

exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
melayan kehendak diri

Synonyms of self-indulgent

11 more synonymsFewer synonyms

All synonyms of self-indulgent

Forms of self-indulgent

comparativemore self-indulgent
superlativemost self-indulgent

Origin of self-indulgent

From self- + indulgent.

Words formed from self-indulgent

Questions about self-indulgent

What does self-indulgent mean?
Self-indulgent means exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.
What is self-indulgent in Hindi?
Self-indulgent in Hindi is विषयासक्त (viṣyāsakt). See Self-indulgent meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is self-indulgent?
Self-indulgent is an adjective.

Words near self-indulgent in the dictionary

  1. self-inducing
  2. self-induction
  3. self-inductions
  4. self-indulgence
  5. self-indulgences
  6. self-indulgent
  7. self-indulgently
  8. self-infection
  9. self-inflicted
  10. self-initiate
  11. self-initiated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: self-indulgent (page history and authors); self-indulgent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-indulgent (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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