SURFEITING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

surfeiting

verb

present participle of surfeit

as in gorging

to fill with food to capacity having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings

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gorging

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For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Bats are invaluable in agriculture, gorging on pests that target crops — corn earworms, brown stink bugs, cucumber beetles and more.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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