SURFEITING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

surfeiting

verb

present participle of surfeit

as in gorging

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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gorging

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Like a hyperphagic grizzly fattening himself up before a long winter’s hibernation, baseball fans should be gorging themselves on this World Series.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
The only thing that satiates Homer’s appetite is gorging on the unhoused.

— Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

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