Synonyms of self-indulgent

self-indulgent

adjective

as in luxurious

given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires

a reality show about self-indulgent twentysomethings whose sole concerns seem to be getting down and getting drunk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• luxurious
• sensual
• hedonistic
• indulgent
• sybaritic
• overindulgent
• greedy
• decadent
• extravagant
• reckless
• voluptuous
• masturbatory
• sensuous
• self-absorbed
• gluttonous
• self-obsessed
• onanistic
• uncontrolled
• carnal
• voracious
• intemperate
• incontinent
• fleshly
• rapacious
• splurging
• wanton

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continent
• temperate
• abstemious
• sober
• ascetic
• self-denying
• abstinent
• self-abnegating
• austere
• spartan
• disciplined
• self-disciplined
• self-controlled
• self-governed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-indulgent

This is the man who made the two-and-a-half-hour, stream-of-consciousness passion project Bardo (2022), after all, which several critics also found rather abrasive and self-indulgent. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

Retailers globally have quickly adopted the trend, which allows consumers to feel smarter in their shopping - being both self-indulgent and financially responsible at exactly the same time. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

And at what point does self-promotion become self-indulgent? — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 8 May 2026

Many other traditionalists have made a version of Scruton’s critique, insisting that contemporary art reflects self-indulgent, relativistic, and impious tendencies. — Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026

At this point, Iran is looking less like a rival to the average Westerner, and more like an ally of the America First anti-globalist movement, successfully dismantling the illusion that exorbitant and self-indulgent Western foreign policy serves anything more than outdated narratives. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026

Not Trump, of all presidents, an amoral self-indulgent grifter by trade and liar by practice. — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026

On first listen, these first 45 seconds sound like self-indulgent throat clearing. — Jackson Howard, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2026

In the face of such grave concerns, Alyoshka’s torments seem self-indulgent and frustrating, but his problem—whether to leave or stay—is far from insignificant. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026