surfeit

Definitions

An excessive amount of something.

An illness or discomfort caused by excessive eating or drinking.

To cause someone to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.

Examples

The buffet offered a surfeit of desserts, leaving the guests struggling to choose just one.

A surfeit of rain in the spring led to severe flooding throughout the valley.

He found himself overwhelmed by a surfeit of information, making it difficult to make a clear decision.

Synonyms

excess glut plethora superfluity abundance oversupply surplus

Antonyms

dearth lack scarcity deficiency paucity insufficiency shortage