voracious
Americanadjective
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craving or consuming large quantities of food.
a voracious appetite.
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exceedingly eager or avid.
voracious readers; a voracious collector.
- Synonyms:
- insatiable, rapacious
adjective
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devouring or craving food in great quantities
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very eager or unremitting in some activity
voracious reading
Related Words
See ravenous.
Other Word Forms
- unvoracious adjective
- unvoraciousness noun
- voraciously adverb
- voraciousness noun
- voracity noun
Etymology
Origin of voracious
First recorded in 1625–35; voraci(ty) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Data centers’ voracious energy needs hold the potential to upend power markets spanning entire regions and push up residents’ bills.
The voracious reader said that the best books, those that brought him happiness, were not the ones that ease our way in this strange and difficult world.
From Los Angeles Times
Ioannis Spilanis, emeritus professor at the University of the Aegean, says what is happening in the Cyclades "is voracious, predatory real estate".
From Barron's
She had a voracious mind, and while I sewed, she interrogated me about my studies.
From Literature
Tech companies’ voracious appetite for data centers is ratcheting up demand further, with the need for millions more miles of cables.
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