Meanings
comparative more self-indulgent · superlative most self-indulgent
- 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 521 more example
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 4Synonyms: decadent, egocentric, self-centered, sybaritic, Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicurean
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveindulgent of your own appetites and desires
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishindulgent
- Englishself-indulgent
Translations
Finnish hillitön, omahyväinen
- hillitönexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
- omahyväinenexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
- tolkutonexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
French dissolu
- dissoluexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
German maßlos, zügellos
- maßlosexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
- zügellosexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
- ausschweifendexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
- hemmungslosexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Hindi विषयासक्त
- विषयासक्त (viṣyāsakt)exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Irish sácráilte
- sácráilteexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Malay melayan kehendak diri
- melayan kehendak diriexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Polish dogadzający sobie
- dogadzający sobieexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Portuguese autoindulgente
- autoindulgenteexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Russian потво́рствующий свои́м жела́ниям, потака́ющий свои́м жела́ниям
- потво́рствующий свои́м жела́ниям (potvórstvujuščij svoím želánijam)exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
- потака́ющий свои́м жела́ниям (potakájuščij svoím želánijam)exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Spanish autoindulgente, autoanuente
- autoindulgenteexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
- autoanuenteexhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence
Cite this entry
self-indulgent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-indulgent
“self-indulgent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-indulgent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-indulgent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-indulgent.
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