surfeit

Meaning of surfeit

noun
  1. An excessive amount of something.
    A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
  2. Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
  3. A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
    King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
  4. Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
verb
  1. To fill (something) to excess.
  2. To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
    She surfeited her children on sweets.
  3. To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
  4. To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
  5. To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
  6. To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
  7. To indulge (in something) to excess.
  8. To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).

Information about surfeit

  • The plural form of surfeit is: surfeits.
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Hyphenation of surfeit

sur-feit

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • surfeit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

surfeit synonyms

Meaning excess:

excess, overabundance

Meaning glut:

glut, oversupply

Meaning repletion:

repletion

Meaning cloy:

cloy

Meaning :

nausea, superfluity, surplus, ug, gluttony, overeating, overindulgence, stuff, overfeed, indulge, overindulge

Anagrams of surfeit

fustier

Words that rhyme with surfeit

defeit, counterfeit, forfeit, noncounterfeit, reforfeit, uncounterfeit, unforfeit

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