GLUTTING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

glutting 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of glut

as in gorging

to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill

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glutting

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verb (2)

present participle of glut, archaic

as in devouring

to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men

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There will be title defenses from Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo, who are the Michael Jordan and Diana Taurasi of gorging sausages.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026
But gorging on pollen alone wasn’t enough to lengthen a life.

— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

Definition of gorging

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The swarms of flies that roamed the planet like a devouring fog enclosed the top of the tower, building new, shivering walls, buzzing in a frenzy of life and hunger.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
Polyphemus The most famous of the Cyclops, Polyphemus traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave before devouring several of the men.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

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Health effects from inhaling wildfire smoke But the effects are sweeping, said Hayden, who has developed real-time mapping of mortality estimates from wildfire smoke.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026
In many cases, people contract the disease by inhaling tiny droplets of contaminated water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

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