ravening
[rav-uh-ning]
adjective
rapacious; voracious.
noun
Origin of ravening
Synonyms for ravening
1. See ravenous.
raven
2[rav-uh n]
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Also ravin.
Origin of raven
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Related Words for ravening
rapacious, voracious, greedy, marauding, ferocious, ravenous, predatory, insatiable, unrelenting, barbarous, murderous, ruthless, atrocious, inhuman, brutal, bloody, fierce, violent, cold-blooded, sadisticExamples from the Web for ravening
Contemporary Examples of ravening
Historical Examples of ravening
Has ravening aspiration any compunction; any contrite visitings of nature?
The StrollersFrederic S. Isham
"She was a ravening beast," the man in tweeds started again.
A Set of SixJoseph Conrad
At one o'clock the four elder ones would be upon her, ravening.
Mary GrayKatharine Tynan
What manner Syrt, what ravening Scylla, what vasty Charybdis?
The Carmina of Caius Valerius CatullusCaius Valerius Catullus
They fall often as victims to the ravening ambition of a single man.
Legends of the RhineWilhelm Ruland
ravening
adjective
Raven
noun
Word Origin for Raven
from raven 1
raven
1noun
Word Origin for raven
Old English hrǣfn; related to Old High German hraban, Old Norse hrafn
raven
2verb
Word Origin for raven
C15: from Old French raviner to attack impetuously; see ravenous
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