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gluttonous

DEFINITIONS OF: gluttonous

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adj 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”
Synonyms
crapulous
given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking
crapulent, crapulous
suffering from excessive eating or drinking
edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
devouring or craving food in great quantities
greedy
wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
overgreedy, too-greedy
excessively gluttonous
indulgent
characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
Antonyms:
abstemious
sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
abstentious, abstinent
self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
practicing great self-denial
nonindulgent, strict
characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
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