gluttonous

adjective

glut·ton·ous ˈglə-tə-nəs

ˈglət-nəs

Synonyms of gluttonous next

: marked by or given to gluttony

a gluttonous appetite

gluttonously adverb

gluttonousness noun

Choose the Right Synonym for gluttonous

voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, rapacious mean excessively greedy.

voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink.

teenagers are often voracious eaters

gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety.

an admiral who was gluttonous for glory

ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite.

a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion

rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice.

rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns

Examples of gluttonous in a Sentence

gluttonous customers had practically emptied the all-you-can-eat buffet

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For his part, Handel—a generally agreeable though fiercely proud man, witty and gluttonous and gouty, and given to polylingual swearing—was probably indifferent to such political and sectarian matters. —

Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024 During the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, celebrated by Chinese around the world on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month each year (September 17 this year), mooncakes are eaten in gluttonous quantities. —

Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 Prices were higher, but so many people took advantage of the deal—and some to a gluttonous extreme—that earnings tumbled. —

Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 May 2024 His take on Quebec is even less enticing, confined largely to a government office where a gluttonous bureaucrat (Danielle Fichaud in drag) devours a tray of turkey and approves a character named Mathieu Rankin’s transfer back to Winnipeg. —

Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for gluttonous