gluttonous

  • 1Gluttonous — Glut ton*ous, a. Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. {Glut ton*ous*ly}, adv. {Glut ton*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2gluttonous — I adjective crapulent, crapulous, debauched, edacious, excessive, greedy, immoderate, inabstinent, incontinent, indulgent, inordinate, insatiable, intemperate, omnivorous, orgiastic, ravenous, unrestrained, voracious II index inordinate,… …

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  • 3gluttonous — mid 14c.; see GLUTTON (Cf. glutton) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Gluttonously …

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  • 4gluttonous — *voracious, ravenous, ravening, rapacious Analogous words: greedy, *covetous, grasping Antonyms: abstemious Contrasted words: temperate, *sober: dainty, finicky, fussy, fastidious, *nice …

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  • 5gluttonous — [adj] voracious covetous, devouring, edacious, gorging, gourmandizing, greedy, gross, hoggish*, insatiable, never full, omnivorous, piggish*, piggy*, prodigious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, sating, starved, starving, unquenchable, wolfish*;… …

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  • 6gluttonous — [glut′ n əs] adj. [ME glotonous < OFr glotonos: see GLUTTON] of or like a person who is a glutton gluttonously adv …

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  • 7gluttonous — adjective given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink over fed women and their gluttonous husbands a gluttonous debauch a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure • Ant: ↑abstemious • Similar to: ↑crapulous, ↑ …

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  • 8gluttonous — [[t]glʌ̱tənəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say they are gluttonous. ...a selfish, gluttonous and lazy person …

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  • 9gluttonous — adjective Date: 14th century marked by or given to gluttony < a gluttonous appetite > Synonyms: see voracious • gluttonously adverb • gluttonousness noun …

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  • 10gluttonous — adjective doesn t anyone ever feed those gluttonous children? Syn: greedy, gourmandizing, voracious, insatiable, wolfish; informal piggish, piggy See note at greedy …

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