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gluttony
noun as in appetite
noun as in debauchery
Strong matches
noun as in decadence
noun as in eating
noun as in greed
noun as in hunger
noun as in libertinism
Weak matches
- anarchy
- animalism
- arrogance
- audacity
- boldness
- complacency
- debauchery
- disorder
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- effrontery
- excess
- forwardness
- immoderation
- impropriety
- irresponsibility
- lawlessness
- laxity
- licentiousness
- looseness
- presumptuousness
- prodigality
- profligacy
- refractoriness
- relaxation
- relaxedness
- sauciness
- self-indulgence
- sensuality
- slackness
- temerity
- unrestraint
- unruliness
- wantonness
- wildness
noun as in license
Strong matches
- anarchy
- animalism
- arrogance
- audacity
- boldness
- complacency
- debauchery
- disorder
- effrontery
- excess
- forwardness
- immoderation
- impropriety
- irresponsibility
- lawlessness
- laxity
- looseness
- presumptuousness
- prodigality
- profligacy
- refractoriness
- relaxation
- sauciness
- self-indulgence
- sensuality
- slackness
- temerity
- unrestraint
- unruliness
- wantonness
- wildness
Weak match
noun as in licentiousness
Strong matches
- anarchy
- animalism
- arrogance
- audacity
- boldness
- complacency
- debauchery
- disorder
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- effrontery
- excess
- forwardness
- immoderation
- impropriety
- irresponsibility
- lawlessness
- laxity
- looseness
- presumptuousness
- prodigality
- profligacy
- refractoriness
- relaxation
- sauciness
- self-indulgence
- sensuality
- slackness
- temerity
- unrestraint
- unruliness
- wantonness
- wildness
Weak matches
noun as in omnivorousness
noun as in overindulgence
Weak match
noun as in pleasure
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in profligacy
Strongest match
Strong matches
- anarchy
- animalism
- arrogance
- audacity
- boldness
- complacency
- debauchery
- disorder
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- effrontery
- excess
- forwardness
- immoderation
- impropriety
- lawlessness
- laxity
- licentiousness
- looseness
- presumptuousness
- prodigality
- refractoriness
- relaxation
- sauciness
- self-indulgence
- sensuality
- slackness
- temerity
- unrestraint
- unruliness
- wantonness
- wildness
Weak matches
noun as in rapaciousness
Weak match
noun as in ravenousness
Weak match
noun as in sin
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in voracity
Strong matches
Example Sentences
A version of the show — seven 10-minute sketches, each by a different playwright, occasioned by the sins of Gluttony, Pride, Lust, Wrath, Envy, Sloth and Greed, was first produced by Miami New Drama.
In Islamic teaching, Muslims are instructed to break their fasts with humble portions of food, motivating those who fast to avoid gluttony.
Like Wolfe’s New York in 1987’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and his Atlanta in 1998’s “A Man in Full,” Diofebi’s Vegas is typical of civilizational rot, a city unsustainable in its gluttony.
We still retain the 27 November habit, through sheer gluttony more than anything else.
But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.
The sheer size and length of the feast and our own gluttony had saved us from walking straight into an ambush.
Thanksgiving is about sloth and gluttony, as well as a dash of envy and greed.
Each January, we are reminded of the gluttony with which we enjoyed December.
Does a friend come and add to the gross character of such a man the unknown trait of disgusting gluttony?
Olaus is the first author who mentions this animal and from his prodigious gluttony he called him gulo.
Their appetites and gluttony were such that it is said one of them would eat as much as fifty ordinary persons.
I believe that spiritual sweetness and unselfishness will conquer the gross gluttony of to-day.
If Dugdale is to be credited, their gluttony exceeded that of any previous or succeeding age.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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