gormandize
Eat with abandon
To gormandize is to eat greedily or excessively, devouring food with more enthusiasm than refinement: He gormandized his way through the buffet.
The word carries a tone of mild disapproval or humor, suggesting indulgence beyond mere appetite.
Someone who habitually gormandizes is a gormandizer—a glutton with gusto.
Partake to excess
- gorgeDeep, narrow valley
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
- bingeBout of excess
- devourEat greedily and fast
wolf · guzzle · engorge · overeating · voracity · insatiability · glutton · piggishness
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- hungryWanting to eat
starving · craving · wolfish · peckish · omnivorous · hunger · desirous · greedy
overindulge
Partake to excess
devour · wolf · guzzle · engorge · overeating · voracity · insatiability · glutton · piggishness · gobbling
ravenous
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
hungry · starving · craving · wolfish · peckish · omnivorous · hunger · desirous · greedy · avid
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- smorgasbordVaried self-serve meal
- buffetSelf-service meal display
spread · repast · gala · celebration · sumptuous · lavish · indulgent · epicurean · gourmet · delicacies
savor
Enjoy with full attention
delight · gratify · enjoy · appreciate · revel · satisfy · pleasure · treat · gustation · palate
gormandizeabstain
Deliberately not do
fast · starve · diet · deny oneself · go without