Antonyms of adj abstemious

2 senses of abstemious

Sense 1
abstemious (vs. gluttonous) -- (sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy)

gluttonous (vs. abstemious) -- (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure")
        => crapulous -- (given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking; "a crapulous old reprobate")
        => crapulent, crapulous -- (suffering from excessive eating or drinking; "crapulent sleep"; "a crapulous stomach")
        => edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish -- (devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks")
        => greedy -- (wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies")
        => hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish -- (resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food")
        => overgreedy, too-greedy -- (excessively gluttonous)

Sense 2
abstemious, light (prenominal) -- (marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper")

INDIRECT (VIA temperate) -> intemperate -- (excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage")

Similarity of adj abstemious

2 senses of abstemious

Sense 1
abstemious (vs. gluttonous) -- (sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy)
       => abstinent, abstentious -- (self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious")
       => ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan -- (practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence")
          Also See-> nonindulgent#1, strict#3

Sense 2
abstemious, light (prenominal) -- (marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper")
       => temperate (vs. intemperate) -- (not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking")

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