gluttonous
Americanadjective
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tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
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greedy; insatiable.
Other Word Forms
- gluttonously adverb
- gluttonousness noun
- ungluttonous adjective
Etymology
Origin of gluttonous
Explanation
When you cram your mouth with your favorite ice cream as quickly as you can, you are being gluttonous, that is, excessively greedy. Slow down. Although gluttonous usually refers to the greedy consumption of food and drink, it can also be applied to overly hearty appetites of any kind, such as a "gluttonous love of money," or even a masochistic love of pain, as in the popular phrase "glutton for punishment." Gluttonous is always used critically, and in the Christian faith especially, gluttony is considered one of the seven deadly sins.
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Example Sentences
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On the darker side, I’ve seen gluttonous greed and an utterly neurotic need to fit in and be seen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Incessant scrolling, posting and the rapid, gluttonous consumption of that awful word, “content,” fatigues all of us, whether we admit it or not.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025
England's gluttonous run-scoring on the opening day verged on tedium because of its one-sided nature.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
Between gluttonous portions of stringy ropa vieja, Jesse appears to be a man far from what he was chasing in clubs and juke joints.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2023
He is all these things; but he is also like an apple, after a prolonged and gluttonous binge.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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