to gormandize
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈɡɔːrmənˌdaɪz/
- Archaic
- 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
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4.5
To do something like eating, drinking, or watching a lot in a short time
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5.8
To eat a lot quickly until you feel too full
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5.9
To eat a very large amount of food greedily
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3.1
To eat more food than your body needs at one time
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7.5
Eat a very large amount of food without control
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7.8
To eat in a very messy and greedy way
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6.2
Let yourself and others have too much food or drink
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9.9
To eat a lot of food very quickly
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7.9
To eat too much food at one time
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7.7
To eat a lot of food quickly without control
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8.4
To eat a lot of food very quickly
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7.7
Eating a lot and not leaving enough for others
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8.2
To eat a lot of food very quickly
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8.6
To eat too much food at once
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9.9
To eat too much in a greedy way
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9.9
To eat too much food quickly and greedily
To eat too much food in a greedy way
To eat a lot of food quickly
To eat or drink too much
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.