GORMANDIZING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in devouring

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gormandizing

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verb

present participle of gormandize

as in gorging

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

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as in inhaling

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

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Adjective

That wall of water roared downstream, smashing and devouring.

— Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
Family drama fueled by Dorothy's world-devouring, man-eating antics aside, Scarpetta is also aiming to separate itself from the competition by leveraging a unique narrative structure that essentially adapts two of Cornwell's books in a single season.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of devouring

Verb

The process would be similar to inhaling allergy medicine via a nasal spray.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
And in the summer working, caring for the garden, cultivating my plants, my food, inhaling the sun, seeing my skin become brown just as the flowers are also growing their colours, and my beloved garden plants are delivering their brilliant food.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhaling

Adjective

In the meantime, his insatiable paranoia will be exacerbated by the missing family cat, and his decision to let the alarm company booby trap the house with fog bombs will literally blow up in his face.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
This campaign, now fueled by insatiable media coverage, remains at a fever pitch and has resulted in real life threats to his reputation, livelihood, and life.

— Mike Toole, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of insatiable

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The researchers discovered bacteria feasting on simple carbon compounds within the liquid and found larger numbers of bacteria after fog events than before them—suggesting that the organisms are actually growing.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
My teenage aunts, entrusted with the care of thousands of white larvae feasting on lush, thick mulberry leaves, had to get up in the middle of the night to scatter more leaves into the trays.

— Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of feasting

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From the Peterbald’s varied coat types to the Lykoi’s patchy, wolfish look, these cats differ in their origins, genetic traits, body structures and day-to-day grooming needs.

— Pat Mueller, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Roddy the Ruin and his wolfish northmen make the first charge amidst a hail of arrows, looking to climb the walls.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of wolfish

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The scenes were ravenous, and the pressure to play well, regardless of any physical or mental condition, is immense.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
This franchise has proven the ability to spin anything — to keep ravenous fans on the line under any circumstance.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of ravenous

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