RAVENOUS

edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

(adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities; “edacious vultures”; “a rapacious appetite”; “ravenous as wolves”; “voracious sharks”

famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient

(adjective) extremely hungry; “they were tired and famished for food and sleep”; “a ravenous boy”; “the family was starved and ragged”; “fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ravenous (comparative more ravenous, superlative most ravenous)

Very hungry.

Grasping; characterized by strong desires.

Synonyms

• starving (colloquial)

• See also voracious

Source: Wiktionary

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Rav"en*ous, a. Etym: [From 2d Raven.]

1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.

– Rav"en*ous*ly, adv.

– Rav"en*ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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