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gormandizing

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verb

present participle of gormandize
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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gormandizing
Verb
  • My Chemical Romance hasn’t shared a full-length album in almost a decade and a half, but fans are clearly still devouring its discography.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Quolls are threatened by the cane toad, which was introduced to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to control beetle pests that were devouring sugarcane roots.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Especially as the townspeople, including a local bishop, start feasting on him.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The ranch is plagued with destructive wild hogs, so panthers do the state a favor by feasting on the invasive pests.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But inhaling enough can turn the act of breathing into an existential hazard, prompting or worsening asthma, COPD, respiratory infections, and permanent lung damage.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner released its official report on Carter's death on April 18, 2023, attributing his cause of death to drowning after inhaling difluoroethane and taking alprazolam, the generic form of brand-name Xanax.
    Johnny Dodd, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Because of this contempt for people who have that insatiable need to control others, I have been dedicated to the concept of minding my own business.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
  • The insatiable hunger for chicken, mainly nuggets and tenders, has forced McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Wendy’s to adjust their offerings and invest more heavily in the category as consumers, well, eat mor chikin.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Adjective
  • The black, wolfish dog was sentenced to death by the Framingham Police Department after tearing into the arm of the boy next door who came over to pet him.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2024
  • From the counter of Chez Bebelle, proprietor Gilles Belzons—a large wolfish figure who once played rugby for Narbonne—picks up a megaphone and hollers across to the charcutier opposite.
    Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • The future of Azerbaijan wines appears bright—due to the availability of distinct local grape varieties and dedicated individuals ravenous to craft wines.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • Within about a day, ravenous flesh-eating larvae erupt, which both look and act like literal screws.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • And most importantly of all, gluttonous ticket prices have priced out the working classes.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Critics call it ‘gluttonous’ Not everyone was supportive of the idea of the trip before its Monday launch.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Gormandizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandizing. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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