self-indulgent

1. 1.

   indulgent of your own appetites and desires

   “a self-indulgent...way of looking at life”

   Similarindulgent

Questions about self-indulgent

What does self-indulgent mean?

self-indulgent means "indulgent of your own appetites and desires".

How many syllables are in self-indulgent?

self-indulgent has 4 syllables and divides as sel-f-in-dul-gent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-indulgent a common word?

self-indulgent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.