self-indulgent
Giving in freely
Self-indulgent describes someone who gives in freely to their own desires, appetites, or whims without restraint.
The term carries a note of criticism—suggesting excess or lack of discipline: a self-indulgent shopping spree, His memoir felt self-indulgent and rambling.
Applied to creative work, it implies the creator prioritized personal satisfaction over audience needs.
Pursuit of enjoyment
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- epicureanConnoisseur of sensual pleasures
- sybariticExcessively fond of luxury
sensual · voluptuous · gluttony · libertine · debauchery · bacchanalian · gourmand · sensualist
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- immoderateBeyond reasonable bounds
- intemperateLacking moderation or restraint
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- unbridledWithout any restraint
unrestrained · gluttonous · binge · too much · overdo · gorge · excess · wasteful
Ostentatiously wealthy
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- plushThick-pile soft fabric
decadent · swanky · ritzy · palatial · splendid · ornate · posh · affluent
Enjoyment tinged with shame
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- regretSorrow over past actions
- weaknessDeficiency in force
temptation · lapse · cheating · naughty · forbidden · sinful · vice · bad habit
Excessively proud or futile
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- selfiePhoto of oneself
admiration · grandiosity · entitlement · smug · preening · attention-seeking · me-time
pleasure-seeking
Pursuit of enjoyment
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- epicureanConnoisseur of sensual pleasures
sybaritic · sensual · voluptuous · gluttony · libertine · debauchery · bacchanalian · gourmand · sensualist · hedonism
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- immoderateBeyond reasonable bounds
- intemperateLacking moderation or restraint
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
unbridled · unrestrained · gluttonous · binge · too much · overdo · gorge · excess · wasteful · spendthrift
opulent
Ostentatiously wealthy
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
plush · decadent · swanky · ritzy · palatial · splendid · ornate · posh · affluent · champagne
guilty pleasure
Enjoyment tinged with shame
weakness · temptation · lapse · cheating · naughty · forbidden · sinful · vice · bad habit · craving
vain
Excessively proud or futile
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
selfie · admiration · grandiosity · entitlement · smug · preening · attention-seeking · me-time
- indulgenceoverindulgence, pamper, pamper yourself, treat yourself, hedonism
- selfish traitsselfish, greedy, egotistical, narcissistic, me-first
- pleasure seekershedonist, hedonists, pleasure seeker, pleasure seekers, pleasure-seeker
self-indulgentself-disciplined
Able to control impulses
self-controlled · disciplined · restrained · temperate · abstemious
self-indulgentselfless
Concerned with others' welfare
self-sacrificing · altruistic · generous · giving · self-effacing
self, indulge, indulgence, indulgent, indulged, indulges, self-indulgence, self-pity, self-promotion