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verb

as in to glut
to fill with food to capacity having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings

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How is the word surfeit different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of surfeit are cloy, glut, gorge, pall, sate, and satiate. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

When could cloy be used to replace surfeit?

While in some cases nearly identical to surfeit, cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

In what contexts can glut take the place of surfeit?

While the synonyms glut and surfeit are close in meaning, glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would gorge be a reasonable alternative to surfeit?

Although the words gorge and surfeit have much in common, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When might pall be a better fit than surfeit?

The synonyms pall and surfeit are sometimes interchangeable, but pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How do satiate and sate relate to one another, in the sense of surfeit?

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

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Recent Examples of surfeit
Noun
These new forms of rational approach to the natural world created a surfeit of information often conveyed through equally new modes of visual address. Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025 Toward the island’s center, explore mountainous terrain cloaked in tea plantations and a surfeit of Buddhist and Hindu temples. Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023 Theatergoers, surfeited with entertainment options at home, have been less inclined to commit to season subscriptions, placing more pressure on programming to come up with sure-fire hits. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for surfeit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfeit
Noun
  • The surplus with the U.S. ballooned to 9 trillion yen ($63 billion).
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Managing surplus energy for local businesses and municipalities In most data centers, servers are air-cooled.
    Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In particular, smoking, vaping, drinking alcohol, skipping sleep, using recreational drugs (like marijuana), and downing a ton of sugar may all contribute to an excess of those free-wheeling free radicals and impair your body’s ability to defend against them.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Many retailers have likely rushed their orders to get ahead of these levies, which can lead to an excess of inventory and a need to liquidate for cash.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Thanks to this steady drip of releases, Like a Dragon fans have been virtually gorging themselves on a wealth of content for years.
    Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Paddington doesn’t gorge on sadness, as I’ve been known to do.
    Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Morning meals range from croissant sandwiches stuffed with eggs, cheese, and your choice of bacon, sausage, or ham to avocado toast or a breakfast burrito.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The modern university is stuffed with lawyers, data scientists, computer scientists, cryptographers, marketing researchers, writers, media professionals, and tech policy mavens.
    Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Dining Whatever your palate, you’ll be happily sated during your stay at Le Meridien Maldives.
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • True to form, Trump responded by mostly going on a tangent about lobbyists, and Von seemed sated enough to not quite follow up.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024

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“Surfeit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfeit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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