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indulgent
(encz) | indulgent,shovívavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Indulgent
(gcide) | Indulgent \In*dul"gent\, a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of
indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See Indulge.]
Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites
of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or
restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an
indulgent parent. --Shak.
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The indulgent censure of posterity. --Waller.
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The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. --Dryden.
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indulgent
(wn) | indulgent
adj 1: characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of
someone ; "indulgent grandparents" [ant: nonindulgent,
strict]
2: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their
children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on
crime" [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft]
3: being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
indulgently
(encz) | indulgently,shovívavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
nonindulgent
(encz) | nonindulgent, adj: |
overindulgent
(encz) | overindulgent,příliš benevolentní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
self-indulgent
(encz) | self-indulgent,nestřídmý adj: Zdeněk Brožself-indulgent,požitkářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Indulgent
(gcide) | Indulgent \In*dul"gent\, a. [L. indulgens, -entis, p. pr. of
indulgere: cf. F. indulgent. See Indulge.]
Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites
of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or
restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an
indulgent parent. --Shak.
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The indulgent censure of posterity. --Waller.
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The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. --Dryden.
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Indulgential
(gcide) | Indulgential \In`dul*gen"tial\, a.
Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church.
--Brevint.
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Indulgently
(gcide) | Indulgently \In*dul"gent*ly\, adv.
In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. --Dryden.
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nonindulgent
(gcide) | nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding,
stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ;
{corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ;
{renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See
abstemious. Antonym: indulgent.
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2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive.
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Self-indulgent
(gcide) | Self-indulgent \Self`-in*dul"gent\, a.
Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.
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Unindulgent
(gcide) | Unindulgent \Unindulgent\
See indulgent. |
indulgently
(wn) | indulgently
adv 1: in an indulgent manner; "I was indulgently advised to
give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to
be socially ostracised" |
nonindulgent
(wn) | nonindulgent
adj 1: characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint [syn:
nonindulgent, strict] [ant: indulgent] |
overindulgent
(wn) | overindulgent
adj 1: excessively indulgent |
self-indulgent
(wn) | self-indulgent
adj 1: indulgent of your own appetites and desires; "a self-
indulgent...way of looking at life"- Havelock Ellis |
self-indulgently
(wn) | self-indulgently
adv 1: in a self-indulgent manner |
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