gluttonous
adjective
glut·ton·ous
ˈglə-tə-nəs 
ˈglət-nəs
: marked by or given to gluttony
a gluttonous appetite
gluttonously
adverb
gluttonousness
noun
Examples of gluttonous in a Sentence
gluttonous customers had practically emptied the all-you-can-eat buffet
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With today’s gluttonous demand for energy, nuclear is a realistic concept.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2025
Wimpy was a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, lazy, parsimonious, and utterly gluttonous hamburger-wolfing straight man to Popeye.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
The pop star was among the six women who went to space aboard Bezos' Blue Origin rocket in April, a trip many commentators, including some fellow celebrities, criticized as gluttonous and wasteful.
—EW.com, 26 June 2025
Along the way, the administration recast the U.S. commitment to European security from a mutually beneficial partnership to a sucker’s game that enabled gluttonous free-riding at Americans’ expense.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2025
Wimpy was a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, lazy, parsimonious, and utterly gluttonous hamburger-wolfing straight man to Popeye.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
The pop star was among the six women who went to space aboard Bezos' Blue Origin rocket in April, a trip many commentators, including some fellow celebrities, criticized as gluttonous and wasteful.
—EW.com, 26 June 2025
Along the way, the administration recast the U.S. commitment to European security from a mutually beneficial partnership to a sucker’s game that enabled gluttonous free-riding at Americans’ expense.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for gluttonous
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“Gluttonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gluttonous. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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