overindulges
Has too much
Overindulges means to indulge too much—eating, drinking, or enjoying something to excess.
Someone who overindulges at a party might regret it the next morning.
The word can describe habitual excess or a single lapse: She overindulges in chocolate when stressed, He overindulged at the wedding reception.
Parents who overindulge their children give them too much of what they want.
Pursuit of enjoyment
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- sybaritismPursuit of luxury
epicureanism · sensualism · voluptuousness · gratification · excess · pampering · splurging · lavishness
Deep, narrow valley
- bingeBout of excess
- overeatConsume beyond satiation
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
cram · engorge · swill · gourmandize · surfeit · voracity · glutton · pigging
Surplus beyond need
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- unrestraintLack of self-control
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
impulse · dissipation · prodigality · wastefulness · bender · spree · debauchery · profligacy
Moral self-reproach
- regretSorrow over past actions
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
self-reproach · pangs · repentance · compunction · morning after · self-criticism · chagrin · ruefulness
pleasure-seeking
Pursuit of enjoyment
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
sybaritism · epicureanism · sensualism · voluptuousness · gratification · excess · pampering · splurging · lavishness · opulence
gorge
Deep, narrow valley
feast · cram · engorge · swill · gourmandize · surfeit · voracity · glutton · pigging · satiation
excess
Surplus beyond need
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- unrestraintLack of self-control
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
overconsumption · impulse · dissipation · prodigality · wastefulness · bender · spree · debauchery · profligacy · incontinence
guilt
Moral self-reproach
contrition · self-reproach · pangs · repentance · compunction · morning after · self-criticism · chagrin · ruefulness · disappointment
overindulgesabstains
Deliberately doesn't partake
refrains · fasts · goes without · does without · forgoes
overindulge, overindulgence, overindulgent, overindulged, overindulging, overindulgences