ravenous
- extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- extremely rapacious: a ravenous jungle beast.
- intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.
Origin of ravenous
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voracious, rapacious, insatiable, ferocious, greedy, avaricious, covetous, empty, famished, gluttonous, grasping, omnivorous, predatory, edacious, insatiate, ravening, wolfishExamples from the Web for ravenous
Contemporary Examples of ravenous
It was like throwing a pack of ravenous dogs a side of raw meat.
It was an irresistible feast for ravenous culture warriors on both sides.
Franco, the perpetual and ravenous learner, would get straight A's from any of those teachers.
The Yes ListAugust 11, 2011
Today, as our ravenous offspring turns 2, Ms. Brown sits down and subjects herself to another grilling.
A voracious reader, and a ravenous consumer of all media, Brown has always been able to talk a good game.
Historical Examples of ravenous
In a moment the prey was torn to bits by the ravenous monsters.
Joseph is as greedy and as ravenous as Lucien, but not so frank or indiscreet.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, CompleteLewis Goldsmith
And he cried so loud, he had wakened up so ravenous, that she decided to nurse him again.
Doctor PascalEmile Zola
Another quarter of an hour passed, and we were all ravenous.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
The colonel had to eat, in vying admiration of Jeff, ravenous from his day's walk.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
ravenous
- famished; starving
- rapacious; voracious
Word Origin for ravenous
Word Origin and History for ravenous
late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.