Gluttony
['glʌt(ə)nɪ]
Definition
(noun.) eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins).
(noun.) habitual eating to excess.
Checker: Shari--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Voracity, excess in eating.
Editor: Manuel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Greed, gormandizement, voracity, deglutition
ANT:Abstinence, frugality, abstemiousness, temperance, vegetarianism
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Examples
- A month's wages saves a month's waste and gluttony in the servants' hall. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The cause is usually attributed to drinking, but gluttony, tight lacing, nasal catarrh, chronic enlargement of the tonsils, exposure to strong sunlight, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The gluttony of Swine is put before us, as an example to the young. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Typist: Manfred