gluttony
The vice of eating to excessThe vice of eating to excess.
» They're imprisoning gourmands for their sinful gluttony.
Sie kerkern Vielfraße für ihre sündhafte Schlemmerei ein.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The vice of eating to excess.
Völlerei, Fresssucht, Gefräßigkeit
чревоуго́диеčrevougódije, обжо́рствоobžórstvo, прожо́рливостьprožórlivostʹ
обже́рливістьobžérlyvistʹ, ненаже́рливістьnenažérlyvistʹ, обже́рствоobžérstvo
habitual eating to excess
Examples
8 sentencesThey're imprisoning gourmands for their sinful gluttony.
deSie kerkern Vielfraße für ihre sündhafte Schlemmerei ein.
Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins.
ruЧревоугодие - один из семи смертных грехов.
deVöllerei ist eine der sieben Todsünden.
Tom's gluttony knows no bounds.
ruОбжорство Тома не знает границ.
The seven deadly sins are: pride, envy, greed, anger, lust, gluttony and sloth.
ruСемь смертных грехов — это гордыня, зависть, алчность, гнев, похоть, чревоугодие и лень.
deDie sieben Hauptlaster sind: der Hochmut, die Missgunst, die Habgier, der Jähzorn, die Wollust, die Völlerei und die Faulheit.
Gluttony is a sin.
ruЧревоугодие - это грех.
deVöllerei ist eine Sünde.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -yFrom Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.
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Forms
plural: gluttonies| Singular | gluttony |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins):overeatinggula
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable