ravenous English

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What does ravenous mean?

ravenous

— adjective (= famished, starved, esurient) 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

— adjective (= edacious, rapacious, voracious) devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks

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ravenous English » English

voracious

rapacious

greedy

gluttonous

famished

ravening

edacious

esurient

starved

sharp-set

insatiable

grasping

covetous

avaricious

wolfish

starving

hungry

grabby

glutton

gaunt

famishing

exceedingly hungry

avid

vulturous

ravishing

raptorial

prehensile

predatory

predacious

predaceous

piggish

peckish

lupine

lickerish

gluttony

fierce

eagerly desirous

dirty

devouring

curmudgeon

bloodthirsty

acquisitive

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Hungry, thirsty

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  hungry hunger famished starved ravenous