overindulging
Having too much
Overindulging means consuming or enjoying something to excess, whether food, drink, or pleasurable activities.
Someone who overindulges goes beyond what is reasonable or healthy: I overindulged at the buffet and regretted it later.
The word carries a tone of mild self-criticism or gentle reproach, acknowledging that while the activity itself may be acceptable, the degree was not.
Parents may worry about overindulging children by giving them too much or shielding them from consequences.
Eating greedily, excessively
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- feastingEating sumptuously together
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- splurgingSpending freely, excessively
pigging out · guzzling · wolfing · gobbling · cramming · gluttony · voracity · insatiability
Excessive, wasteful spending
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- too muchBeyond acceptable limits
- overdoingExcessive effort or action
excessiveness · intemperance · unrestraint · profligacy · wastefulness · luxury · splurging · spree
Extreme indulgence in vices
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- carousalBoisterous drinking spree
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
boozing · intoxication · nightlife · decadence · dissipation · pleasure-seeking · licentiousness · wild night
Guilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
pangs · self-blame · compunction · moderation · restraint · self-control · willpower · cutting back
gorging
Eating greedily, excessively
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- feastingEating sumptuously together
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
splurging · pigging out · guzzling · wolfing · gobbling · cramming · gluttony · voracity · insatiability · gourmandizing
extravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- too muchBeyond acceptable limits
overdoing · excessiveness · intemperance · unrestraint · profligacy · wastefulness · luxury · splurging · spree · blowout
debauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
drinking · boozing · intoxication · nightlife · decadence · dissipation · pleasure-seeking · licentiousness · wild night · hangover
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
contrition · pangs · self-blame · compunction · moderation · restraint · self-control · willpower · cutting back · detox
- gluttonyglutton, gluttonous, gorge, gorger, gorging
- overdoingoverdoing, overkill, excess, overreacting, overspending
- Snacking Habitssnacking, nibbling, munching, crunching, grazing
- overparentinghelicopter parenting, helicopter parent, overprotective, overprotection, overprotecting
overindulgingabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
fasting · starving · undereating · skimping · rationing
overindulgingself-restraint
Voluntary impulse control
self-control · self-discipline · sobriety · self-denial · willpower
overindulgingasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
abstemiousness · austerity · spartan living · frugality · minimalism
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