gormandize

verb

ˈgȯr-mən-ˌdīz How to pronounce gormandize (audio)
Definition of gormandizenext
1
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!

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2
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge

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  1. gorge
  2. devour
  3. feast
  4. inhale
  5. gulp
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  • Keep in mind, too, that grouse will gorge themselves on a particular food, especially in the fall.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • America’s Poison Centers’s national helpline receives more than 60,000 calls about possible vitamin poisoning every year, mostly from parents alarmed after their children have accidentally gorged on the chewy sweets.
    — Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Definition of gorge
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  • Crabs tore through fishing nets, devoured mollusks at an alarming rate and edged out the native green crab, a local soft-shell specialty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • To run with Carney’s analogy, middle powers prepare an excellent menu of innovations and talent, and then place it on the table for superpowers to devour.
    — Wal van Lierop, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of devour
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  • Charter operators feast in winter and slow down in late summer.
    — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • At around the same time people at Etowah were feasting on cacao, so were people at Chaco Canyon in what’s now New Mexico.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of feast
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  • The process would be similar to inhaling allergy medicine via a nasal spray.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Vapes use a small, lithium battery to heat liquids such as nicotine for users to inhale.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhale
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  • Rather than trying to gulp the slimy thing down, Wilkinson went into the kitchen and prepared an extravagant breakfast for himself, complete with Dr Pepper to wash it down.
    — Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 12 June 2026
  • Others can’t stand the sound of gulping.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of gulp
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“Gormandize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandize. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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