Antonyms for banqueting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bang-kwit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæŋ kwɪt

Definition of banqueting

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 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 :

Into a great hall where Charlemagne and his lords were banqueting Roland strayed.
Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang

This new Banqueting House was completed in the early part of 1608.
Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams

They kept up their banqueting a week after the banquet was over.
Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor

"But they cannot enter the banqueting hall in such garbs," said the butler.
Extract from : « Ting-a-ling » by Frank Richard Stockton

The fourth side of the sarcophagus presents us with a banqueting scene.
Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson

On the longer sides are a hunting scene, and a banqueting scene.
Extract from : « History of Phoenicia » by George Rawlinson

That depends, dear boy, on whether we are frugal, or go on banqueting and gorging.
Extract from : « To Win or to Die » by George Manville Fenn

In the meantime, like Lady Macbeth herself, we must attend to the banqueting.
Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

We may fancy all the time that we are banqueting on a magnificent sturgeon.
Extract from : « Hendricks the Hunter » by W.H.G. Kingston

Then everyone goes to a banqueting hall, which is also partly a church.
Extract from : « The Smart Set » by Clyde Fitch

Synonyms for banqueting

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