surfeit

IPA: sˈɝfʌt

noun

  • (countable) An excessive amount of something.
  • (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
  • (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
  • Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
  • (countable) A group of skunks.

verb

  • (transitive) To fill (something) to excess.
  • (transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
  • (transitive) To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
  • (transitive, figurative) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
  • (transitive) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
  • (intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
  • (intransitive, reflexive, figurative) To indulge (in something) to excess.
  • (intransitive, reflexive) To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).
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Examples of "surfeit" in Sentences

  • There is a surfeit of violations.
  • The surfeit of images gives the articles an ugly look.
  • Secondly, many of the boxes have a surfeit of information.
  • There is a surfeit of temples in this town, numbering over 100.
  • Does anyone feel that this page suffers from a surfeit of photos
  • At various times, there may be a surfeit of available administrators.
  • They provide a surfeit of information, primarily to the storm history.
  • People, who have an experience of drowning, suffer a surfeit of water.
  • This article is already over burdened by a surfeit of individual events.
  • Anyway, a lack of references is a problem, a surfeit of references is not.

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