ravenous

rav·en·ous

adj \ˈra-və-nəs, ˈrav-nəs\

Definition of RAVENOUS

1

: rapacious <ravenous wolves>

2

: very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification <a ravenous appetite>

— rav·en·ous·ly adverb

— rav·en·ous·ness noun

Examples of RAVENOUS

1. By the time dinner was ready, we were ravenous.
2. <we were ravenous after our canoe paddling, and the chili bubbling over the campfire smelled heavenly>

First Known Use of RAVENOUS

15th century

Related to RAVENOUS

Synonyms: edacious, esurient, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, rapacious, voracious, swinish

Related Words: hearty, wolfish; devouring, gobbling, gorging, gormandizing, gulping; insatiable, unquenchable, unslakable; empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving; malnourished, underfed, undernourished

Near Antonyms: content, full, glutted, sated, satiated, satisfied, stuffed

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