GORMANDIZED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

gormandized

verb

past tense of gormandize

as in gorged

to eat greedily or to excess everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!

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as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge

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America’s Poison Centers’s national helpline receives more than 60,000 calls about possible vitamin poisoning every year, mostly from parents alarmed after their children have accidentally gorged on the chewy sweets.

— Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
And while fans have been sated by the footballing feast, FIFA and its member associations have gorged on the tournament’s fruits.

— Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026

Definition of gorged

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Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.

— David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
Typically just a minute or two in length, the videos are devoured by Chinese audiences at breakfast, on their morning commutes, during their lunch breaks and on their free time after work — and almost any time in between.

— Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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The chemical is highly corrosive, toxic when inhaled or touched, and flammable under specific concentrations.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
The poorer the air being inhaled by children in Hackney, the more regularly the dust was agitated and the thicker the storm and richer the color inside the box.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

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Sixers fans that crammed aisles and stairways trying to catch a first glimpse or a snapshot of James were shooed back to their seats.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Multiple artists crammed into a food truck-sized trailer serve a revolving door of clients throughout the four-day festival.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Jamie Florez, the Hispanic communications director of the Republican National Committee, scoffed at recent polling suggesting a shift in Hispanic voters towards Democrats.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
When McGirr’s debut McQueen collection walked the runway in March of 2024 in Paris, some raved and some scoffed.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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