noun

• 1The action or fact of having too much of something enjoyable.

  ‘her alleged overindulgence in alcohol’

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  • ‘The measure was created to curb overindulgence by young drinkers.’
  • ‘PC Kevin Hemsworth said police believed an over-indulgence of alcohol was probably to blame.’
  • ‘The biggest problem with overindulgence in chocolate is weight gain.’
  • ‘I personally know that my body doesn't like overindulgence too much.’
  • ‘Yes, limit consumption as much as possible, perhaps using drink tokens to help control over-indulgence.’
  • ‘I have a fair number of broken capillaries due both to long unprotected exposure to tropical sun and years of overindulgence in the drink.’
  • ‘We got lots of new bits for the kitchen and my overindulgence hasn't been too great which is somewhat surprising.’
  • ‘Others might claim to be intolerant to red wine, when in fact their body might just be recovering from past over-indulgence.’
  • ‘It doesn't work if your pot belly is the result of over-indulgence.’
  • ‘All the other nights I fell over was down to pure and shameless over-indulgence.’
  • ‘Creating a list and sticking to it will also help to prevent overindulgence.’
  • ‘Driving an SUV when it really is not necessary is an example of overindulgence in the United States.’
  • ‘In fact, there was so much of it I rode the train home feeling thoroughly sick from overindulgence.’
  • ‘It's the time of year when people collect toys, ignore budgets and set new standards for overindulgence.’
  • ‘But this late-night host puts the breaks on overindulgence by employing a serious drug-free advocacy approach.’
  • ‘His death was hastened by overindulgence in alcohol.’
  • ‘We were on a fuzzy cloud of overexcitement and over-indulgence.’
  • ‘Christmas is a time of over-indulgence, so I like to serve light, refreshing, fruity wines.’
  • ‘As with any other vice (drinking, drugs, nail-biting) over-indulgence has its consequences.’
  • ‘Ordinary people, too, began increasingly to suffer from the effects of overindulgence, and there was concern about the rate of heart disease.’

  Synonyms

  intemperance, immoderation, excess, overeating, overdrinking, overconsumption, prodigality, lack of restraint, gorging, surfeit, debauch, debauchery, dissipation, dissoluteness, greed, gluttony, orgy

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• 2Excessive gratification of a person's wishes.

  ‘his overindulgence of her whims’

  More example sentences

  • ‘My one fault is the overindulgence of a bleak perspective.’
  • ‘About halfway through the film, we all heard the awful sounds of his overindulgence coming back up the pipe.’
  • ‘Lets look at some way to sort out this over-indulgence - at least in young people.’
  • ‘That sort of insight makes the film's occasional overindulgence forgivable.’
  • ‘The truth is, in the context of St Tropez, food is overshadowed by other varieties of over-indulgence.’
  • ‘The section on overindulgence captures the well-known observation of drunken robins that have ingested too much overripe (fermenting) fruit.’
  • ‘According to Webster's, to spoil is "to impair the disposition or character by overindulgence or excessive praise; pamper excessively: coddle."’
  • ‘An examination of the dynamics operating might reveal parents who have thwarted normal growth through pampering and over-indulgence.’
  • ‘The disaster occurred at a time of year when we have just wallowed in a shameful orgy of over-indulgence and conspicuous consumption.’
  • ‘You can abandon yourself to pleasure but need to keep an eye on over-indulgence.’
  • ‘Instead, it turns out that even limited stints of overindulgence may have long-term effects.’
  • ‘I dedicated my mornings to working on my laptop and my afternoons to exercise, counterbalancing whatever overindulgence I had planned for after sunset.’
  • ‘The Government will publish a new alcohol strategy on Monday aimed at altering Britain's attitude to drink and the growing culture of over-indulgence.’
  • ‘The decomposed body of King Midas, lying in state in his coffin, might be viewed as the just reward for his over-indulgence.’
  • ‘A great assembly is as soon spoiled by over-indulgence as a little child.’
  • ‘Counseling is highly recommended as a way to focus on the underlying problems rather than simply treating the symptoms of overindulgence.’
  • ‘A poem on the subject warns that obsessive over-indulgence is one of the deadliest of sins.’
  • ‘Overindulgence has brought down everybody from Napoleon to Carnie Wilson.’
  • ‘Passing remarks in Flashes also highlighted what might be seen as another aspect of the dangers of over-indulgence in sport.’
  • ‘And the greed and overindulgence were on both sides, a fact that must never be overlooked.’