to gormandize
- verb
- /ˈɡɔːrmənˌdaɪz/
- Archaic
:
comer en exceso
- She warned the children not to gormandize on snacks before dinner.
Examples
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He loves to gormandize at buffets.
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He would often gormandize at buffets, sampling every dish until he was completely full.
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During the holidays, it's easy to gormandize on sweets and rich food.
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Don't gormandize during dinner!
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At the banquet, he couldn't resist gormandizing on all the delicious dishes served.
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She had a tendency to gormandize during family gatherings, loading her plate with more food than she could eat.
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After a long day, he sat down to gormandize on his favorite snacks while watching TV.
Synonyms
109
5.8
To eat a lot quickly until you feel too full
14
3.1
To eat more food than your body needs at one time
12
5.9
To eat a very large amount of food greedily
12
4.5
To do something like eating, drinking, or watching a lot in a short time
7
7.5
Eat a very large amount of food without control
5
7.8
To eat in a very messy and greedy way
3
6.2
Let yourself and others have too much food or drink
3
8.2
To eat a lot of food very quickly
1
7.6
To eat or drink too much
1
7.7
To eat a lot of food quickly without control
1
9.9
To eat a lot of food very quickly
1
7.9
To eat too much food at one time
To eat too much food quickly and greedily
To eat too much in a greedy way
To eat too much food in a greedy way
To eat too much food at once
Eating a lot and not leaving enough for others
To eat a lot of food quickly
To eat a lot of food very quickly
Antonyms
How Gluttonous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gormandize comes from the French word gourmand, which means 'a person who eats a lot' and is related to the English word gourmet. So, to gormandize is to eat too much in a greedy way.