glutton
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈɡlʌtən/
- Offensive
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glotón
- The critics dubbed him a glutton for luxurious meals, always seeking the richest dishes in town.
You get to stop living in guilt thinking that you're a glutton or a sloth.
- You get to stop living in guilt thinking that you're a glutton or a sloth.
- So if if you're, if you're a glutton, you don't have the virtue of moderation, It's been destroyed in you.
- So imagine a miser with a bank teller, right, or a miser with a financial advisor, the glutton with his cook restaurants, right?
Examples
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The man was a glutton for work.
Fiction book (1992) -
Obviously, that means he is a glutton for punishment, as he has suffered through many Jets disappointments.
Blog text (2) -
Congratulations: take full advantage of this and read it all like the sports glutton you are.
Blog text (3) -
You should have planned ahead instead of being such a glutton.
Fiction book (1999) -
My sister has been a glutton for lousy relationships for years, so no surprise there.
Fiction book (2002) -
Who would want to live like this, except a glutton like Milo?
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I see you're all gluttons for punishment.
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If that's being greedy, then I'm the biggest glutton that ever walked the Earth.
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Begum Jan had not eaten a thing all day, and Rabbo, the witch, was a known glutton.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the buffet, John was such a glutton that he piled his plate high with food.
Synonyms
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7.9
To eat a lot in a greedy way
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8.1
A person who loves eating and drinking, often too much
2
3.0
A person who eats a lot of food
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3.3
A person who often eats more food than their body needs
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7.7
A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly
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7.9
A person who eats too quickly and greedily
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8.6
A person who drinks too much alcohol
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9.9
A person who eats too much food
A woman who eats and drinks too much at meals
A person who eats and drinks too much and likes large rich meals
A person who eats too much in a greedy way
A person who eats quickly and greedily
A person who eats very fast and with little table manners
A person who eats a lot of junk food messily
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Etymology
Glutton comes from an old Latin verb gluttire meaning 'to swallow' and from old French glouton meaning 'greedy eater'. So a glutton is someone who eats and drinks too much.