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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gluttonous
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Because even in a world of monsters, ghouls, and greedy jerks, the good guys still prevail.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Both love rich, moist soil and neither one is greedy with space in the garden.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Pegasus is rescuing the lovely Princess Andromeda from a giant ravenous sea monster.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Those ravenous fans still gave it a rare A+ CinemaScore, naturally, which is certainly kinder than some music critics were to the album itself.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
6 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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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.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
11 Sep. 2024
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“Gluttonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gluttonous. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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