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11gluttonous — adjective doesn t anyone ever feed those gluttonous children? Syn: greedy, gourmandizing, voracious, insatiable, wolfish; informal piggish, piggy See note at greedy …
12gluttonous — glutton ► NOUN 1) an excessively greedy eater. 2) a person with a great eagerness or capacity for something: a glutton for adventure. ● a glutton for punishment Cf. ↑a glutton for punishment DERIVATIVES gluttonous adjective …
13gluttonous — gluttonously, adv. gluttonousness, n. /glut n euhs/, adj. 1. tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious. 2. greedy; insatiable. [1300 50; ME; see GLUTTON1, OUS] * * * …
14gluttonous — adjective a) Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating. b) Greedy. See Also: glutton, gluttonously, gluttony …
15gluttonous — Synonyms and related words: Apician, a bit much, abandoned, all devouring, bibulous, bolting, boundless, cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, dietetic, dining, eating, edacious, egregious, enormous,… …
16gluttonous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ravenous, voracious, cormorant, omnivorous, avaricious; see also greedy 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. voracious, gourmandizing, insatiable, ravenous, *piggish, *hoggish. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1.… …
17gluttonous — glut|ton|ous [ glʌt(ə)nəs ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY eating or drinking more than you need …
18gluttonous — glut·ton·ous || glÊŒtnÉ™s adj. tending to eat and drink to excess, voracious, greedy; having an insatiable appetite (for work, money, etc.) …
19gluttonous — a. See gluttonish …
20gluttonous — adj 1. voracious, ravenous, ravening, devouring, gormandizing, cormorant, edacious; open mouthed, hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish, gross. 2. greedy, insatiable, insatiate, unquenchable, omnivorous; desirous, cupidinous, avaricious, esurient;… …