gluttonous

glut·ton·ous

adj \ˈglət-nəs, ˈglə-tə-nəs\

Definition of GLUTTONOUS

: marked by or given to gluttony <a gluttonous appetite>

— glut·ton·ous·ly adverb

— glut·ton·ous·ness noun

Examples of GLUTTONOUS

1. <gluttonous customers had practically emptied the all-you-can-eat buffet>

First Known Use of GLUTTONOUS

14th century

Related to GLUTTONOUS

Synonyms: edacious, esurient, voracious, greedy, hoggish, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, swinish

Related Words: hearty, wolfish; devouring, gobbling, gorging, gormandizing, gulping; insatiable, unquenchable, unslakable; empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving; malnourished, underfed, undernourished

Near Antonyms: content, full, glutted, sated, satiated, satisfied, stuffed

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