surfeits
Meaning of surfeits
noun
- An excessive amount of something.
A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
- Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
- Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
- To fill (something) to excess.
- To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
She surfeited her children on sweets.
- To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
- To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
- To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
- To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
- To indulge (in something) to excess.
- To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).
Information about surfeits
- The singular form of surfeits is: surfeit.
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Hyphenation of surfeits
sur-feits
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- surfeits is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
surfeits synonyms
Meaning :
nausea, excess, glut, overabundance, superfluity, surplus, ug, gluttony, overeating, overindulgence, stuff, overfeed, cloy, indulge, overindulge
Anagrams of surfeits
Words that rhyme with surfeits
conceits, deceits, misconceits, preconceits, counterfeits, forfeits, geits, Fahrenheits, Yiddishkeits, gemutlichkeits, freits, Yahrzeits, yahrzeits
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