gula
9.9
Eating too much food that people see as wrong
- noun
- /ˈɡuːlə/
- Formal
:
gula
- The priest warned that gula could distract the faithful from their spiritual goals.
Examples
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In traditional teachings, gula is often depicted as a sin that leads to overindulgence in food and drink.
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On the left, charged with the greater number of sins, females attack their traditional nemeses: pride, envy, gluttony, and lust (superbia, invidia, gula, and luxuria).
Academic text (2011) -
Many see gula as a moral failing, leading to a lack of self-control during festive feasts.
Synonyms
gluttony
vsgula
15
7.6
A habit of eating much more food or drink than your body needs
is defined as a specific deadly sin in Christianity
overeating
vsgula
9
2.1
Eating more food than your body needs
is framed as a moral fault and one of the Seven Deadly Sins
Antonyms
Compounds
Eucinostomus gula
- Specialized
9.9
A small silvery fish that lives on sandy shores of the western Atlantic
How Gluttonous
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gula comes from Latin gula, which meant the 'throat' or 'gullet', the part where food goes down. So gula came to mean excessive eating or gluttony, because it pictures the throat always wanting more.