Vocabulary
Indulge
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.
Urdu meaning
ملوث، مرضی کے مطابق کام کرنے دینا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Unfortunately, in Pakistan, it is common practice for lawyers to indulge in flattery and elevate the judge with sugarcoated language to the position of a demigod.
- To do so, they can indulge in playing up programme successes, or pursue performative reforms to notch marginal wins to amplify the `success-factor` of the programme under their watch.
- What`s the harm, you ask, and how is it different to beauty practices that I myself indulge in at the salon?
- Modi in the current re-enactment of the epic has followers who indulge his claims of divinity.
- Pakistan indeed has its flaws, and mistakes have been made by the state in the past, such as letting certain groups indulge in cross-border adventurism.
Synonyms
wallow in, give oneself up to, give way to, yield to, abandon oneself to, give rein to
Curator example
“we indulged in a cream tea”
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