indulgentとは

意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

indulgent (comparative more indulgent, superlative most indulgent)

1. Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;

   an indulgent parent

   to be indulgent to servants

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title または journal name):

     Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (字義どおりに かつ metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.

同意語

• forbearing
• gentle
• lenient
• tolerant

派生語

• indulgential
• indulgently

関連する語

• indulge
• indulgement
• indulgence
• indulgency
• indulger
• indulgiate

参照

• indulgent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.