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ravenous
/ ˈrævənəs /
adjective
- famished; starving
- rapacious; voracious
Derived Forms
- ˈravenously, adverb
- ˈravenousness, noun
Other Words From
- raven·ous·ly adverb
- raven·ous·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ravenous1
Synonym Study
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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