1.gluttony - habitual eating to excess
intemperance - the quality of being intemperate
greediness, hoggishness, piggishness - an excessive desire for food
rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity, edacity, esurience - extreme gluttony
2. gluttony - eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)
overeating, gula
deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; theologians list 7 mortal sins
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After eating one of my many boxes of chocolates and feeling gulty for savouring their heavenly pleasure, let alone feeling slightly sick, I decided I was a greedy fat cow who should have know better.
Till I took this quiz:
Quiz: Are You a Glutton?
You scored 4, on a scale of 0 to 41. Here's how to interpret your score:
0 - 10
Spiritually, you might be a bit too thin.
11 - 21
The angels won't have any trouble hoisting you to heaven
22 - 31
Have you heard the saying, "Less is more?"
32 - 41
The diner in hell has a corner booth reserved for you.
http://www.beliefnet.com/section/quiz/index.asp?sectionID=&surveyID=182
I feel so much better now




