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Definitions for: Ravenous [adj] devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
[adj] 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: Rav"en*ous, a. [From 2d Raven.]
1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious;
hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite
or desire. -- Rav"en*ous*ly, adv. -- Rav"en*ous*ness,
n.
Synonyms: edacious, esurient, famished, gluttonous, hungry, rapacious, ravening, sharp-set, starved, voracious, wolfish
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