Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: indulgent
IPA transcription: [,ɪnd'ʌldʒənt]
Pronunciations of indulgent
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: indulgent
    Meaning: characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"
  • Synonyms: indulgent, lenient, soft
    Meaning: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"
Usage examples
  • Amen, amen, say 'Your most indulgent parents.
  • One must be indulgent under the circumstances
  • "'Hinting?'" Mrs. Adams looked surprised and indulgent.
  • "But Lady Augusta is so indulgent to her children!" interrupted Constance.
  • To the Public, for the indulgent ear it has inclined to a plain tale with few pretensions.
  • "I will send you my answer to-morrow," she said; and he, the indulgent, confident victor, smilingly granted the delay.
  • "Perniciously indulgent, generally; and when the effects break out in insolence and disobedience, then there ensues a scene.
  • "Yes," said Mrs. Evelyn in an indulgent tone,--"he was very attentive to her last winter when she was with us, but she went away before anything was decided.
  • Equally indulgent to their friends and rigorous to their enemies, they employed with success these two powerful engines of reward and punishment, in confirmation of their authority.
  • They that are the first raisers of their houses, are most indulgent towards their children; beholding them as the continuance, not only of their kind, but of their work; and so both children and creatures.
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