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View usage for: (glʌtənəs) adjectiveIf you think that someone eats too much and is greedy, you can say they are gluttonous. ...a selfish, gluttonous and lazy person. Synonyms: greedy, insatiable, voracious, ravenous More Synonyms of gluttonous gluttonous in American English (ˈglʌtənəs) adjective of or like a person who is a glutton Derived forms gluttonously (ˈgluttonously) adverb Word origin ME glotonous < OFr glotonos: see glutton Examples of 'gluttonous' in a sentencegluttonous One can engage in gluttonous behavior and remain thin.Dinner is an even more gluttonous affair. a selfish, gluttonous and lazy individual Synonyms ravenous piggish hoggish edacious gormandizing Additional synonymsSynonyms greedy, mean, dirty, gross, selfish, filthy, sordid, squalid, brutish, ravenous, unclean, rapacious, gluttonous, swinish, piggish, edacious Definition impossible to satisfy an insatiable appetite for stories about the rich and famous Synonyms unquenchable, greedy, voracious, ravenous, rapacious, intemperate, gluttonous, unappeasable, insatiate, quenchless, edacious Definition greedy or grasping He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup. Synonyms greedy, grasping, insatiable, ravenous, preying, plundering, predatory, voracious, marauding, extortionate, avaricious, wolfish, usurious Nearby words ofgluttonous - glut
- glutinous
- glutton
- gluttonous
- gluttony
- gnarled
- gnat
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