Adj. 1. gluttonous-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. indulgent-characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone; indulgent grandparents.alden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context. Cora, already regretting her precipitation, was obliged to comply, for Magua instantly left the spot, and approached his gluttonous comrades.