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indulgent

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Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

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These days, the best Hollywood can offer these is indulgent critiques of capitalism such as The Wolf of Wall Street, or David-and-Goliath issue movies such as Silkwood (starring Meryl Streep), or North Country, in which Charlize Theron proved women can be coal miners and have a perfect complexion.

Witness: "Interstellar I just thought was an abomination — like, I just didn't get it on any level and I thought it was so boring and awful and fucking indulgent and stupid".

I think the prime minister's view was indulgent – that is Gordon, Gordon has a role to play, there you are.

"I decided it would be indulgent of me to resign".

In this post credit-crunch climate, though, such round-the-world journeys of self-discovery seem a little indulgent.

A bit more forgiving as I get older, but also a bit less indulgent.

Her korma has a lovely flavour, but I'm inspired to keep it simple by Sethi, who describes the spicing in his mother-in-law's recipe as "subtle but indulgent".

Greasily indulgent and perfect as a quick lunch on the go, by far the best is the primero, with toasted serrano ham, oregano and olive oil.

Add into the mix fun and varied restaurants and nightlife, plus a decent arts scene, and this unfairly maligned city ticks all the boxes for an indulgent quick break, as well as being widely accessible for a large proportion of the population.

(He's shocked that self indulgent and self indulgent is unparliamentary).

Sixteen low-key but indulgent rooms open on to balconies or a garden terrace.

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