ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gluttony

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gluttony is a noun meaning The vice of eating to excess.

Meaning

The vice of eating to excess.

Example Sentences

The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

Word Forms

Synonyms for gluttony

Depending on context, synonyms include overeating, gula.

Antonyms for gluttony

Common opposites include temperance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overeating, gula, gormandism, glutony, glutton, gulosity.

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