gluttonyglut‧ton‧y /ˈɡlʌtəni/ noun [uncountable] 
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Thesaurus- As soon as Christmas is over, people often start to regret their gluttony.
- The level of heart disease in the western world is a measure of our gluttony.
- His parents evidently did not suffer from drunkenness, gluttony, or excesses of marital discord.
- In the leaner 1990s that headquarters glamour is increasingly seen as gluttony - an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and overheads.
- Profligacy, sloth, licentiousness, gluttony, pride.
- She has committed several sins, greed and gluttony being high on the list.
- The government trading desk was a counterpoint to the visible gluttony and ethnicity of the mortgage department.
- The truth is that gluttony has produced as many world champions and outstanding contenders.
- This one had to die to satisfy my gluttony.
- Yet they were not there for celebration, and there was neither gluttony nor drunkenness.
Longman Language Activatorfood► greedy
formal the bad habit of eating and drinking too much SYN greed someone who is greedy wants to eat too much food, or eats more than their share of food - use this to show disapproval: · Don't be so greedy! Leave some cake for everyone else.· Greedy children often tend to put on too much weight.· Take your greedy fingers off that pie - you've had more than enough already.
► pig spoken informal someone who is greedy: · You pig, you've eaten it all!greedy pig: · The greedy pig! He didn't leave any pizza for us.make a pig of yourself (=eat a lot of food greedily): · That's what Christmas is all about, isn't it? Making a pig of yourself.
► greedy guts British spoken someone who is very greedy - used especially by children: · Don't be such a greedy guts!· Hey, greedy guts, leave those sweets alone. They're mine.
► greed a strong desire to eat too much food: · You don't really want more ice cream -- it's just greed.
► glutton someone who eats too much food: · Uncle Richard was a glutton who ate everything in sight.· We had salmon to start, followed by a glutton's dessert of crème brûleé.
► gluttony formal when someone eats or drinks much more than necessary, usually with the result that they become ill or unhealthy - used especially in literature: · As soon as Christmas is over, people often start to regret their gluttony.· The level of heart disease in the western world is a measure of our gluttony.