Antonyms for banqueted

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : bang-kwit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæŋ kwɪt

Definition of banqueted

Origin : late 15c., "feast, sumptuous entertainment," from French banquet (15c.; in Old French only "small bench"), from Old Italian banchetto, diminutive of banco "bench;" originally a snack eaten on a bench (rather than at table), hence "a slight repast between meals;" the meaning has entirely reversed. As a verb from 1510s.

As in entertained : adj given hospitality
As in dine : verb eat, often formally
As in eat : verb consume food
As in feast : verb eat a great amount or very well
As in feed : verb give nourishment; augment

Example sentences :

In the orchard, they were greeted by the birds that banqueted in the fruit-trees.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

We travelled a short distance on the line, and were banqueted in the evening.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

We banqueted, neither a whit did soul get stinted of banquet impartial.
Extract from : « Crocker's Hole » by R. D. Blackmore

Here, beneath their gaze, men had banqueted and danced and ruled.
Extract from : « The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy » by John Galsworthy

How the members were banqueted, and glorified, and talked about!
Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

We were banqueted and paraded, and all kinds of honours were showered upon us.
Extract from : « From the Bottom Up » by Alexander Irvine

Then the others were called from the ships, and we banqueted together.
Extract from : « National Epics » by Kate Milner Rabb

They banqueted him at the Luxembourg with every outward sign of satisfaction.
Extract from : « The Tragedy of St. Helena » by Walter Runciman

Well worth the monster's hunger through the three days to be so banqueted on the fourth!
Extract from : « The Prince of India, Volume II » by Lew. Wallace

The man who introduced the rabbit there was banqueted and lauded; but they would hang him, now, if they could get him.
Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for banqueted

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