overindulgent

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adjective

Tending to indulge excessively.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveoverindulgent (comparative more overindulgent, superlative most overindulgent)

comparative more overindulgent · superlative most overindulgent

  1. Tending to indulge excessively.

    Synonyms: dissipated, crapulous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTending to indulge excessively.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexcessively indulgent

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishindulgent
  8. Englishoverindulgent

From over- + indulgent.

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APA

overindulgent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindulgent

MLA

“overindulgent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindulgent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overindulgent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overindulgent.

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