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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