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ravenous

/'r/&/v/@/n/@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

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

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. extremely hungry

    adj.all

    Examples
    A ravenous boy.
    Synonyms esurient famished sharp-set starved

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. devouring or craving food in great quantities

    adj.all

    Examples
    Ravenous as wolves.
    Synonyms edacious esurient rapacious ravening voracious wolfish

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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