gluttonous (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *gluttonous*:
ADJECTIVE	all	gluttonous	given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink

gluttonous > pronunciation
Sounds	glah'tahnahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *gluttonous*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.
Examples	"over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands" "a gluttonous debauch" "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
Attribute of	gluttony	habitual eating to excess
Narrower	crapulent, crapulous	Suffering from excessive eating or drinking / drinking
	crapulous	given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking / drinking
	edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish	devouring or craving food in great quantities
	greedy	Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
	hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish	resembling swine
	overgreedy, too-greedy	excessively gluttonous
See also	indulgent	Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone
Opposite	abstemious	sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
Spanish	glotón
Catalan	golafre, voraç
Nouns	glutton	a person who is devoted to eating and drinking / drinking to excess
Adverbs	gluttonously	in a gluttonous manner

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