WOLFED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

wolfed

verb

past tense of wolf

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily don't wolf your food or you'll be sick

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Recent Examples of wolfed Wednesday reunites with Enid, who is part of the pack now that she’s fully wolfed out. — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 In 2019, one edition that sold for $190,000 at Art Basel Miami was wolfed down by performance artist David Datuna. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024 Every 30 days, expect an array of songs, diverse and delicious, served hot off the flat-top and waiting to be wolfed down. — Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024

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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

Definition of devoured

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Messick emerged from the dugout tunnel Monday afternoon in a hoodie with cutoff sleeves, inhaled and reveled in the crisp air that tends to accompany a playoff race.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The Midcentury Modern library where Rosales first inhaled the aroma of old books has changed.

— Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of inhaled

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The Venezuelan population has mixed in with the largely white population as new houses, malls, office parks and warehouses have gobbled up barren hillsides to meet demand for cheaper land.

— Elliot Spagat, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The other option, pushing the Super Bowl back a week, was initially rejected because New Orleans, the host city, had booked an automobile dealers’ convention that had gobbled up most of the desirable hotel rooms.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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