Antonyms for surfeit

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : sur-fit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr fɪt

Definition of surfeit

Origin : early 14c., "excess quantity;" late 14c., "overindulgence," from Old French surfet "excess," noun use of past participle of surfaire "overdo," from sur- "over" (see sur-) + faire "do," from Latin facere "to make" (see factitious).

noun excess
verb overfill

Example sentences :

We may have enough of justice in our character as rebels to give us a surfeit of it.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Her life had been unfortunate, and of horrors she had touched a surfeit.
Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini

Ay, and in the enjoyment of external beauty a sort of surfeit is engendered.
Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon

Adventure is all very well, but I have discovered that one can get a surfeit of it.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

In the state it is all hunger at one end, and all surfeit at the other.
Extract from : « Crotchet Castle » by Thomas Love Peacock

I fancied I had left them all behind me in the city, where one has such a surfeit of them.
Extract from : « Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends » by Fanny Fern

She was ready to meet love with a surfeit of the rich gifts which she had at her command.
Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

There was enough to surfeit twice as many persons as sat down to table.
Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos

They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.
Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett

Lily began, but soon stopped: the subject led to a surfeit of quarreling.
Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne

Synonyms for surfeit

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