ravenous
adjective
1 ravenous
Extremely hungry:
— A ravenous boy.
synonyms: esurient, famished, sharp-set, starved.
Polish: zgłodniały, wygłodniały
2 ravenous
Devouring or craving food in great quantities:
— Ravenous as wolves.
synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish.
Roget 789: taking etc. v.; privative†, prehensile; predaceous, predal†, predatory, predatorial†; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic. ... show more
Roget 817a: greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping; rapacious; lickerish†. greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf; openmouthed, extortionate, ... show more
Polish: łakomy, łasy
Moby thesaurus: Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all-devouring, all-engulfing, avaricious, avid, bloodsucking, bolting, bottomless, coveting, covetous, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, devouring, dog-hungry, edacious, empty, esurient ... show more.
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