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
- 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
- absorb
- attack
- banquet
- banqueted
- bite
- bolster
- bolt
- break bread
- breakfast
- cater
- cherished
- chew
- chow down
- consume
- cram
- deliver
- devour
- digest
- dine
- dish out
- dispatch
- dispense
- dispose of
- do lunch
- eat out
- eat sumptuously
- encourage
- entertain
- fall to
- fatten
- feast
- feast upon
- feasted
- feed
- feed on
- feted
- fill
- find
- foster
- fuel
- furnish
- give
- gobble up
- gorge
- gormandize
- graze
- hand
- hand over
- harbored
- have a bite
- have a meal
- have for
- honored
- indulge
- ingest
- inhale
- lunch
- maintain
- make pig of oneself
- masticate
- minister
- munch
- nibble
- nosh
- nourish
- nurse
- nurture
- overindulge
- partake of
- peck at
- pick
- pig out
- polish off
- pork out
- provide
- provision
- put away
- received
- regale
- regaled
- ruminate
- satisfy
- scarf
- scoff
- sheltered
- snack
- stock
- strengthen
- stuff
- stuff one's face
- sup
- supper
- supply
- support
- sustain
- swallow
- take food
- take in
- take nourishment
- treat
- treated
- victual
- welcomed
- wine and dine
- wined and dined
- wolf
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