esurience
/i'sjuəriəns/ Cách viết khác : (esuriency) /i'sjuəriənsi/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Extreme gluttony; an excessive and insatiable desire to eat: The state or quality of being voraciously hungry or having an abnormally large appetite.
- An excessive desire or craving for something; greediness: A figurative extension meaning an intense eagerness or greed to acquire or consume something, not limited to food.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The feast did not satisfy his esurience; he continued to eye the buffet ravenously.
- Her esurience for knowledge led her to read every book in the library on the subject.
- The critic wrote about the character's moral decay, highlighting his esurience for power and wealth.
Advanced Usage
- "The esurience of the market": Used figuratively to describe an insatiable demand or consumption within an economic or social context.
- The esurience of the market for new technology drives rapid innovation cycles.
Variants and Related Words
- Esurient (adj): Having a greedy or voracious appetite; eager, desirous.
- The esurient crowd clamored for more.
- Esuriency (n): A less common variant of , with the same meaning.
Synonyms
- Voracity: The quality of wanting or eating great quantities of food.
- Ravenousness: Extreme hunger.
- Gluttony: Habitual greed or excess in eating.
- Avarice (for the figurative sense): Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
- Cupidity (for the figurative sense): Greed for money or possessions.
Antonyms
- Abstemiousness: The quality of being moderate in eating and drinking.
- Satiety: The state of being full or gratified beyond desire.
- Indifference: Lack of interest or desire.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "An esurient eye": A descriptive phrase for a look of greedy desire.
- He cast an esurient eye over the rival company's assets.
- "To feed one's esurience": To satisfy an excessive craving (often used critically).
- The lavish banquet only served to feed the emperor's esurience for luxury.
Noun
- extreme gluttony
- excessive desire to eat