gluttonous

/ˈglʌɾənɪs/

/ˈglʌtənɛs/

When you cram your mouth with your favorite ice cream as quickly as you can, you are being gluttonous, that is, excessively greedy. Slow down.

Although gluttonous usually refers to the greedy consumption of food and drink, it can also be applied to overly hearty appetites of any kind, such as a "gluttonous love of money," or even a masochistic love of pain, as in the popular phrase "glutton for punishment." Gluttonous is always used critically, and in the Christian faith especially, gluttony is considered one of the seven deadly sins.

Definitions of gluttonous

1. adjective

   given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
   “a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure”

   synonyms:

   crapulous

   given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking

   crapulent, crapulous

   suffering from excessive eating or drinking

   edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

   devouring or craving food in great quantities

   greedy

   wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume

   hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish

   resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

   overgreedy, too-greedy

   excessively gluttonous

   indulgent

   characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

   antonyms:

   abstemious

   sparing in consumption of especially food and drink

   abstentious, abstinent

   self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink

   ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan

   practicing great self-denial

   nonindulgent, strict

   characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint