overindulgence
Having too much
Overindulgence is excessive consumption or gratification—eating, drinking, spending, or otherwise giving in to desires beyond reasonable limits.
The word implies going past the point of enjoyment into regret: Holiday overindulgence left him sluggish for days.
It can describe a single episode or a pattern of behavior.
Excessive quantity, often cloying
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- overconsumptionExcessive use of resources
overabundance · profligacy · wastefulness · overkill · overdoing · excessiveness · overspending · splurge
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- feastingEating sumptuously together
voracity · insatiability · gourmandizing · wolfing · gobbling · cramming · guzzling · ravenousness
Compulsive substance reliance
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- dependenceState of needing another
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
fixation · vice · habituation · pattern · cycle · repetition · propensity · proclivity
Guilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- morning-afterPertaining to subsequent day
contrition · pangs · self-blame · conscience · repentance · compunction · self-criticism · scruples
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- benderExtended bout of drinking
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
boozing · tipsy · wasted · plastered · overdrinking · carousing · revelry · partying
surfeit
Excessive quantity, often cloying
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
overconsumption · overabundance · profligacy · wastefulness · overkill · overdoing · excessiveness · overspending · splurge · lavishness
overeating
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
feasting · voracity · insatiability · gourmandizing · wolfing · gobbling · cramming · guzzling · ravenousness · satiation
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- dependenceState of needing another
- cravingPowerful urge to have
obsession · fixation · vice · habituation · pattern · cycle · repetition · propensity · proclivity · weakness
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
morning-after · contrition · pangs · self-blame · conscience · repentance · compunction · self-criticism · scruples · hangover
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- benderExtended bout of drinking
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
alcoholism · boozing · tipsy · wasted · plastered · overdrinking · carousing · revelry · partying · nightcap
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- indulgencepamper, pamper yourself, treat yourself, hedonism, decadence
- indulgencesindulgences, chocolate cake, massage, decadence, facial
- overindulgencebinge, gorging, overeating, gluttony, pig out
- decadencedecadence, decay, lavishness, aestheticism, dandyism
overindulgenceabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
abstention · deprivation · self-denial · temperance · asceticism
overindulgencemoderation
Avoidance of excess
restraint · self-restraint · self-control · self-discipline · temperance