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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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