as in greedy
having a huge appetite
gluttonous customers had practically emptied the all-you-can-eat buffet
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Recent Examples of gluttonous
Other Redditors wondered if there was any truth to the restaurant staff's comments, and suggested that some guests may have actually been gluttonous.
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Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Perhaps this is to shame one into avoiding gluttonous behavior.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2025
Check him out in all his gluttonous glory.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
And, of course, the usual gluttonous serving sizes.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Carrey portrays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cantankerous, greedy old man visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his ways.—
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The turning point in this contest, though, came when the Chiefs decided to get greedy on fourth-and-1 from their own 31-yard line.—
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Despite his limitations, Joe displayed an impressive degree of ascetic discipline and a ravenous desire for God.—
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Pixar populates this ocean with entertaining characters and unforgettable dangers, but the thrills won’t scare young viewers about taking a dip, even with the presence of a ravenous shark.—
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Rogen lands a few funny lines, but the jokes mostly serve to distract from the point of the story: that freedom is ephemeral and easily corrupted, while humans are inherently piggish (as opposed to the other way around), seizing the first opportunity to take more than their share.—
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The merged generative AI model is bloated and runs extremely slowly, possibly so piggish that using it on everyday tasks is exasperating and imprudent due to enormous delays while processing.—
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“Gluttonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gluttonous. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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