Surfeit
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Surfeit [sur-fit]

NOUN, VERB

Noun

  • An excessive amount of something

Verb

  • To eat or drink to excess
Example

"We had such a surfeit of food during the party that we gave a large amount of it to the poor people sleeping across the road."

"Children surfeited themselves with junk food during a school trip and ended up falling sick."

Synonyms

Excess, Surplus, Satiate, Gorge, Overfill

Antonyms

Lack, Dearth, Insufficiency, Abstain