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Meaning of "gluttonous" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GLUTTONOUS

ˈɡlʌtənəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLUTTONOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gluttonous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GLUTTONOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gluttonous in the English dictionary

The definition of gluttonous in the dictionary is greedy; tending to overindulge in food and drink.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLUTTONOUS

asynchronous · autochthonous · betterness · cavernous · collagenous · electrotonus · Eridanus · glutenous · homotonous · monotonous · neotenous · phototonus · poisonous · pseudomonas · ravenous · sinisterness · synchronous · tetanus · titanous · treasonous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLUTTONOUS

glutenin · glutenous · glutethimide · gluteus · gluteus maximus · gluteus medius · gluteus minimus · glutinosity · glutinous · glutinously · glutinousness · glutted · glutting · gluttingly · glutton · gluttonise · gluttonish · gluttonously · gluttonousness · gluttony

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLUTTONOUS

acotyledonous · allochthonous · anachronous · aphonous · cacophonous · carbonous · diachronous · dicotyledonous · geosynchronous · haplostemonous · homophonous · isochronous · monocotyledonous · nonpoisonous · nonsynchronous · nous · ozonous · phlegmonous · prisonous · tautochronous · unisonous

Synonyms and antonyms of gluttonous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLUTTONOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gluttonous» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «gluttonous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLUTTONOUS

Find out the translation of gluttonous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gluttonous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gluttonous» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

饕餮
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

glotona
570 millions of speakers
en

English

gluttonous
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भक्षक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شره
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

прожорливый
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

gulosa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পেটুক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

glouton
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Rakus
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

gefräßig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

食いしん坊
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

게걸 들린
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Gluttonous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh ham ăn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பெருந்தீனிக்காரன்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अति खादाड
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

obur
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

goloso
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

żarłoczny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ненажерливий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

mâncăcios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαίμαργος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vraatsugtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gluttonous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grådig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gluttonous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLUTTONOUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gluttonous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLUTTONOUS»

Discover the use of gluttonous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gluttonous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cass and the Gluttonous Gardener: A Cassandra Nottingham Mystery
Cassandra Nottingham a nationally recognized garden writer looks forward to attending a horticultural conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Maggie McLaughlin, 2010
2
Age of the Gentiles and the White God Delusion: A True ...
Matthew 11:19: The son of man (Jesus) came eating and drinking, and they say, behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. Furthermore, God's people eating and drinking too much food with those poisons,  ...
Timothy Hugee, 2012
3
Sin Cities: The Most Gluttonous Cities in the United States ...
With fast food joints on almost every corner and lazy fat people walking around, the cities in this book are some of the fattest in the entire nation and that can only mean one thing: they're headed straight for hell!Well, that might be an ...
Dana Rasmussen, 2011
4
A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English: ...
(glwth) Apt to be voluptuoui, gluttonous, or greedy. Clythawg, a. (glwth) Voluptuous; gluttonous. Giyrhawl, a. (yiWih) Voluptueux; gluttonous. Clyihcz, i.m. (glwth) Voluptuoul'aeli 5 gluttony, greediness. Giythvin, j. m. (glwth— mîn) A voluptuous ...
William Owen Pughe, 1803
5
Virtues and Their Vices
When we are gluttonous, however, they instead disable, distract, or disorient us in relation to the full good.20 That is why we recoil from the vice. Gluttonous disablement comes into play only when a pleasurable food or drink includes an ...
Kevin Timpe, Craig A. Boyd, 2014
6
People and Places of Nature and Culture
Although the gargantuan gluttonous like Rabelais' Gargantua consume vast quantities, they do not necessarily become obese as a result of their gluttony. The gluttonous swallow dead objects external to themselves, whereas for Baudrillard  ...
Rodney James Giblett, 2011
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Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English
(glwtn) Apt to be voluptuous, gluttonous, or greedy. Glythawg, o. (glwth) Voluptuous ; gluttonous. Glythawljd. (glwtn) Voluptuous; gluttonous. Glytbedd, a.m. (glwth) Voluptuousness, gluttony Glytbfin, s. m. (glwth — min) A voluptuons Hp; ...
William Owen Pughe, 1832
8
Aspect and Tense in Rukai: Interpretation and Interaction
Ma-ramici kai taupong. nfut-gluttonous dem dog 'That dog is gluttonous.' b. Ta- karamic-ane kai taupong. nfut-gluttonous-nomz dem dog 'That dog is (usually/ always) gluttonous.' (75a) contains a basic-level state, where the predicate ramici is ...
Cheng-Fu Chen, 2008
9
The Seven Deadly Sins: From Communities to Individuals
Being fat in the Middle Ages is not, as it is today, an obvious mark of gluttonous excess. ... contemporary descriptions of the glutton can be found in Henry Fairlie's 1978 book, The Seven Deadly Sins Today: Watch a gluttonous man at his food.
Richard Newhauser, 2007
10
Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets of Maulána ...
The Gluttonous Sufi (p. 178). In a certain convent there lived a Sufi whose conduct gave just offence to the brethren. They brought him before their Shaikh and thus accused him, " This Sufi has three very bad qualities ; he babbles exceedingly ...
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), 1898

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLUTTONOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gluttonous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Liverpool FC sell Raheem Sterling: The pros and cons of £49m …
This, of course, doesn't account for inflation or the changing, gluttonous landscape of the football world. And, as much as Reds fans would like it ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
2
Anthony Bourdain, at Fox, mocks Guy Fieri, 'Man v Food,' touts …
Adam Richman during his gluttonous days on “Man v. Food.” CREDIT: Travel Channel. Personally, he said having an eight-year-old daughter ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
3
The Monster
Now, it is selfish and wants to steal away every precious moment with its eager, gluttonous tendencies. For a while, I thought I could control the ... «Charleston Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Ariana Grande apologizes "I hate America" rant
According to Ariana, Americans consume a gluttonous amount of unhealthy foods. “The fact that the United States has the highest child obesity ... «The Corner News, Jul 15»
5
As I See It: The Improbable Conference
You wouldn't think a traditional organization like IBM would be represented at such an event, and certainly not the gluttonous crooks at the big ... «IT Jungle, Jul 15»
6
Scholar says Islam has set roadmap to alleviate anomaly of poverty
It is a system that thrives on ever-increasing consumption of food, goods and services in a gluttonous spiral that clashes fundamentally with the ... «Tehran Times, Jul 15»
7
Ncube Weekly: Why are we always short of food
For almost thirty-five years, Zimbabwe has been ravaged by the woeful policies of deceit, favouritism and gluttonous selfishness perpetrated by ... «New Zimbabwe.com, Jul 15»
8
Working to keep invasive moths out of Fairbanks
The caterpillar stage of these non-native moths are gluttonous feeders of leaves of a wide variety of trees, including larch, poplars, willow, birch ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
9
Blindsnake Dinner Etiquette: Decapitate First, Then Swallow
Such gluttonous behavior is uncommon in snakes, and the team were interested in understanding it better. But when they fed termites to one of ... «Discover Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Review: In the great beach read "China Rich Girlfriend," Jane …
... not just lying or kidding themselves, but wasting the almost gluttonous opportunities available to storytellers who stretch beyond convention. «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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