as in stuffed
to fill with food to capacity
prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill
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as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men
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Recent Examples of glutted
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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The Beach is glutted with souvenir shops and rental car outlets, the study found, but lacks auto and household supply stores, bookstores and service stations.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glutted
overstuffed
Adjective
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If the storytelling were tighter and more successfully focused on its more sociologically provocative elements, Detective Hole could have settled into the overstuffed genre’s top tier rather than taking a place in the acceptable middle.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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But there was nothing overstuffed or leaden about Harth-Bedoya’s interpretation.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Glutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glutted. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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