overeating

Speech parts

1. overeating - Noun

2. overeating - Verb

Meaning

eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

gluttony gula gorge overfeeding supercharge eat excess eating boost cooler ate greed dissipation drunkenness debauchery
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Antonyms

temperance opposition dislike restraint goodness patience
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Hypernyms

mortal sin deadly sin

Phrases with the word

overeating disease

Anagrams

envigorate

Examples

In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! Lloyd Kaufman

There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it's the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism. Bell hooks

Only happy people have nightmares, from overeating. For those who live a nightmare reality, sleep is a black hole, lost in time, like death. Guy Sajer

No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley. Al Franken

If you don't eat you will die; overeating will shorten your life. Maltese Proverb

More people die from overeating than from undernourishment. Jewish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

overeasy overeat overeater overeating disease overedge overedger