self-indulgent

• Beschreibt eine Person, die sich selbst alles erlaubt oder gönnt, was ihr gefällt, oft ohne Rücksicht auf Konsequenzen oder die Bedürfnisse anderer.

Describes someone who allows themselves to have or do things that they enjoy, often without considering the consequences or the needs of others.

1. Excessive gratification of one's own desiresB2formal

   Characterized by allowing oneself to have or do things that one enjoys, often to an excessive or selfish degree, without restraint or concern for others.

   Selbsthingabe an Genüsse

   • His self-indulgent spending on luxury cars left him in debt.
   • She took a self-indulgent vacation to a private island, ignoring her work responsibilities.
   • The novel was criticized for its self-indulgent prose and lack of plot.
   • He gave a self-indulgent speech that focused only on his own achievements.

   Synonymedecadentextravagantimmoderateintemperatesybaritic

   Antonymeabstemiousasceticausteredisciplinedrestrainedself-denyingselflessspartantemperate