 ravenous |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] extremely hungry | |
| Synonyms: | sharp-set starved esurient famished | |
| Examples: | "they were tired and famished for food and sleep" "a ravenous boy" "the family was starved and ragged" "fell into the esurient embrace of a predatory enemy" |
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| Related terms: | hungry | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] devouring or craving food in great quantities | |
| Synonyms: | esurient rapacious ravening voracious wolfish edacious | |
| Examples: | "edacious vultures" "a rapacious appetite" "ravenous as wolves" "voracious sharks" |
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| Related terms: | gluttonous | |
| Similar spelling: |
ravenously Ravenscroft |
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