Antonyms for glut

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : gluht

Phonetic Transcription : glʌt

Definition of glut

Origin : early 14c., "to swallow too much; to feed to repletion," probably from Old French gloter "to swallow, gulp down," from Latin gluttire "swallow, gulp down," from PIE root *gwele- "to swallow" (cf. Russian glot "draught, gulp"). Related: Glutted; glutting.

noun overabundance
verb choke; oversupply

Example sentences :

Expose thy naked and unprotected head to glut his vengeance.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

You may glut yourself with his suffering and feed fat your revenge.
Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

When there is a glut in the market, Jonathan, you know what happens.
Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo

My employers are enough to glut your rage an' you were a tiger.
Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

Periods of glut and want of work will be impossible in the new community.
Extract from : « British Socialism » by J. Ellis Barker

As for material of this sort, there was a glut of it always around Arthur.
Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Presently they shall have a glut of blood, said the boy very quiet.
Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse

When he is bound for a supper party, he anticipates a “glut of pleasure.”
Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson

Middle the sail on the yard by the glut, or by the centre cringle.
Extract from : « The Seaman's Friend » by Richard Henry Dana

It was long since they had had such a victim on whom to glut their rancour.
Extract from : « Jim » by Charles G. D. Roberts

Synonyms for glut

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