Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition of being full or gratified beyond the point of satisfaction; surfeit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Fullness; sufficiency.
- noun A glutted or cloyed state or condition; an excess of gratification which excites loathing; gratification to the full or beyond natural desire; surfeit.
- noun Synonyms Repletion, cloyment, glut. See
satisfy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being perfectly
satiated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
Etymologies
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Examples
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Toxins slow down the time it takes for you to feel full this is called the satiety response time.
The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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Toxins slow down the time it takes for you to feel full this is called the satiety response time.
The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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By including protein, you add what is called satiety value to each meal and snack.
Fat is Not Your Fate Susan Mitchell Ph.D. 2005
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By including protein, you add what is called satiety value to each meal and snack.
Fat is Not Your Fate Susan Mitchell Ph.D. 2005
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Then he also resolved on taking his degrees in vice; but, unlike others, he did so _with disgust_, and he called satiety, not the _quantity_, but the _quality_ of the aliment.
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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At the same time, the patient’s own eating speed and perception of satiety is shown on the screen.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Slow Eating Reduces Weight in Kids 2010
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This revulsion of feeling is called satiety or weariness.
The Ethics 2007
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We "cynics" tell her that under Sin's fine clothes there is a breast cancer-eaten, and at the bottom of the wine there is a bitter dreg called satiety; but Virtue does not much heed that; like the woman she is, she only notes that Sin drives a pair of ponies in the sunshine, while she herself is often left to plod wearily through the everlasting falling rain.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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He believes getting less sleep may disrupt natural hormonal balances - for example, reducing the amount of leptin, otherwise known as the satiety hormone - and could thereby cause those individuals to eat more.
Latest Articles 2009
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The weight management claim is based around the idea of satiety, and testing has demonstrated the 97 per cent protein ingredient can deliver in this area, said Rousselot communication manager, Caroline Brochard-Garnier.
NutraIngredients RSS Shane Starling 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word satiety
As defined by Homer Simpson: Belt-popping fullness.
November 6, 2008