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
Etymology
Adjective
ravenous (comparative more ravenous, superlative most ravenous)
Very hungry.
Grasping; characterized by strong desires.
Synonyms
• starving (colloquial)
• See also voracious
Source: Wiktionary
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