overindulgence

Englisch

Etymology

From over- +‎ indulgence.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

overindulgence (countable and uncountable, plural overindulgences)

1. An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure oder consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying oder necessary.

   He blames his overindulgence in food for his expanding waistline.

Translations

act of overindulging

• Bulgarian: прекаляване (bg) n (prekaljavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過於沉溺／过于沉溺 (guòyú chénnì)

• Finnish: ylenpalttisuus (fi), hillitömyys; mässäily (fi), ylensyönti (regarding food)
• German: Übermäßigkeit f, Maßlosigkeit (de) f, übermäßiger Genuss m, Völlerei (de) f (eating to excess)
• Russian: злоупотребле́ние (ru) n (zloupotreblénije), баловство́ (ru) n (balovstvó)