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verb

as in to glut
to fill with food to capacity having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings

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How is the word surfeit different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of surfeit are cloy, glut, gorge, pall, sate, and satiate. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

When could cloy be used to replace surfeit?

While in some cases nearly identical to surfeit, cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

In what contexts can glut take the place of surfeit?

While the synonyms glut and surfeit are close in meaning, glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would gorge be a reasonable alternative to surfeit?

Although the words gorge and surfeit have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When might pall be a better fit than surfeit?

The synonyms pall and surfeit are sometimes interchangeable, but pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How do satiate and sate relate to one another, in the sense of surfeit?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

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Recent Examples of surfeit
Noun
There are plenty of period pieces on TV, too, with a surfeit of fun costumes and grand settings and now-foreign social rules. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 18 June 2024 Reacher’s having to be the one to warn Kohl that the two of them being seen together in a social setting could imperil her career is typical of the series’ surfeit of Reacher worship, even allowing for the fact that the show is called Reacher. Chris Klimek, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023 Theatergoers, surfeited with entertainment options at home, have been less inclined to commit to season subscriptions, placing more pressure on programming to come up with sure-fire hits. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for surfeit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfeit
Noun
  • And the $529 million shortfall already assumes $300 million in TIF surplus.
    Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • At Tuesday’s meeting, the school board was informed that the surplus of federal funds that had been used to offer free lunch throughout the district for the past school year was finally depleted.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Mania, the one side of its polarity, wants novelty, power, movement, excess.
    Cameron Esposito, Glamour, 12 May 2025
  • Amid low hope for progress, one positive outcome for financial markets in talks would be an agreement to bring down tariffs from an excess of 100 percent to levels allowing products to flow each way, Reuters reported.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Rubinoff has already brought several into the lab, where the caterpillars can gorge themselves on Drosophila pupae with no fear of spiders interrupting the feast.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
  • For Now While central banks abroad accelerate, private tokens at home are gorging on the vacuum.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The marinated turkey or chicken is stuffed into a French roll intended to soak up the recipe’s recaudo or marinade, along with slices of tomato, cucumber, radishes and sprigs of watercress.
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • So many dogs were stuffed into the small Woodside home Thursday morning that some were found cowering in closets and kitchen cupboards, said officials from Animal Care Centers of NYC, who rescued the animals with the ASPCA.
    Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • The Seattle math-rock band had broken up in 2018 after feeling sated from a 17-year run.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Even with dark circles under his eyes, Elias seemed full of life, sated with freedom.
    Laila Lalami, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Surfeit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfeit. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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