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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"It's going to have that reaction of voracious appetite, food-seeking behaviour and a low metabolism," he adds.
From BBC
Plain and simple, the company has a voracious appetite for capital.
From Los Angeles Times
When we spoke, Davis described her mother as being intellectually curious, someone who, like Davis, was a voracious reader, subscribing to five newspapers; a practicing Jehovah’s Witness, but also involved in political activism.
From Los Angeles Times
Now it’s locked in a voracious circle of generating and spending everything it makes and more.
The key Chinese market -- the world's most voracious consumer of pork and Spanish pork's largest export destination -- is accepting imports as long as they are not from the Barcelona region.
From Barron's
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