Gluttonous

Quick meaning: Gluttonous is an adjective meaning Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

Meaning

Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

Example Sentences

Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.

Then they could smile and fawn upon his debts, / And take down the interest into their gluttonous maws.

Look your last on your dearest ones, / Brothers and husbands, fathers, sons: / Swift they go to the ravenous guns, / The gluttonous guns of War.

["]The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a butterfly," … "and the gluttonous maggot when become a fly," content themselves with a drop or two of honey or some other sweet liquid.

Synonyms for gluttonous

Depending on context, synonyms include gluttonly, esurient, rapacious, voracious, ravening, edacious.

Antonyms for gluttonous

Common opposites include abstemious.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include piggish, voracious, edacious, crapulous, rapacious, ravening.

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