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self-indulgent

adjective

Definition of self-indulgentnext
as in luxurious
given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires a reality show about self-indulgent twentysomethings whose sole concerns seem to be getting down and getting drunk

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  1. luxurious
  2. sensual
  3. hedonistic
Adjective
  • Glinda and Elphaba expand their world by taking a luxurious train ride to Emerald City.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Ora wore the Pascale Coat, which featured a red and black checkered pattern with luxurious Kalgan shearling fur sleeves and detailed floral embellishments.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of luxurious
Adjective
  • We’re not focused on the destination here; this is about thoroughly enjoying the journey, one sensual moment at a time.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The waltz becomes, thus, a nice, elegant, sensual, romantic, harmless way to welcome in a new year, to attempt, or at least pretend, to be optimistic.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of sensual
Adjective
  • The beautiful young man of the title becomes captivated by a hedonistic philosophy proposing that the only things worth living for are beauty and sensual pleasure.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Kesey’s idea of breaking barriers was to ignore them: the barriers between keeping LSD a serious aid to mind expansion and promoting it as a delirious conduit for mass recreation, between spiritual revolution and hedonistic silliness, between activism and solipsism.
    Geoff Dyer, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Definition of hedonistic
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Thesaurus Entries Near self-indulgent

self-indulgences

self-indulgent

self-infatuated

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