as in overeating
the excessive consumption of food
the view that gluttony is a serious failure in self-discipline
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In both verses, Lamar raps about how vices like women, gluttony, and drugs led to their downfalls.
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Her take on gluttony, Bachelorette, became a film; the last of plays, Cult of Love, about the sin of pride and inspired in part by Headland’s experience in a devoutly Christian family, will premiere on Broadway this fall.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 July 2024
This ease of meeting scheduling is likely why many organizations feel meeting gluttony.
—Chris Williams, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
An unrepentant maximalist whose genre movies are defined by the mad gluttony of someone born to leave it all on screen, Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto is nothing if not easy to root for.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Her take on gluttony, Bachelorette, became a film; the last of plays, Cult of Love, about the sin of pride and inspired in part by Headland’s experience in a devoutly Christian family, will premiere on Broadway this fall.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 July 2024
This ease of meeting scheduling is likely why many organizations feel meeting gluttony.
—Chris Williams, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
An unrepentant maximalist whose genre movies are defined by the mad gluttony of someone born to leave it all on screen, Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto is nothing if not easy to root for.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
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“Gluttony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gluttony. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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