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ravenous

[ rav-uh-nuhs ]

adjective

  1. extremely hungry; famished; voracious:

    feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.

    Synonyms: greedy

  2. extremely rapacious:

    a ravenous jungle beast.

    Synonyms: predatory

  3. intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.


ravenous

/ ˈrævənəs /

adjective

  1. famished; starving
  2. rapacious; voracious


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Derived Forms

  • ˈravenously, adverb
  • ˈravenousness, noun

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Other Words From

  • raven·ous·ly adverb
  • raven·ous·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravenous1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Old French ravineus, equivalent to ravin(er) “to plunder” ( See raven 2 ) + -eus -ous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravenous1

C16: from Old French ravineux , from Latin rapīna plunder, from rapere to seize

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Synonym Study

Ravenous, ravening, voracious suggest a greediness for food and usually intense hunger. Ravenous implies extreme hunger, or a famished condition: ravenous wild beasts. Ravening adds the idea of fierceness and savagery, especially as shown in a violent manner of acquiring food: ravening wolves. Voracious implies craving or eating a great deal of food: a voracious child; a voracious appetite. It may also be used figuratively: a voracious reader.

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Example Sentences

Still, Sailor Moon fans are always ravenous for new content, especially after such a long time away.

It was like throwing a pack of ravenous dogs a side of raw meat.

Many French leaders have been famous for an almost-ravenous sexual appetite.

It was an irresistible feast for ravenous culture warriors on both sides.

Franco, the perpetual and ravenous learner, would get straight A's from any of those teachers.

He rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity.

One set of writers described him as the most ravenous of all the plunderers of the poor overtaxed nation.

They forgot that they were ravenous, that their backs ached and that their hands were scratched and torn.

The foam and the fangs and the flowers,The raving and ravenous rage Of a poet as pinion'd in powersAs a condor confined in a cage!

About midnight he awakened and was aware at once of a ravenous hunger.

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