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1. (adj.) ravenous
extremely hungry; famished.
2. ravenous
predatory:
a ravenous jungle beast.
3. ravenous
intensely eager:
ravenous for affection.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < OF ravineus=ravin(er) to raven2+-eus -ous)
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| Definition of 'Ravenous' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient
extremely hungry
"they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
2. (adj) edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
devouring or craving food in great quantities
"edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
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| Definition of 'Ravenous' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Ravenous
devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture
2. (adj) Ravenous
eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire
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Sense: very hungry.
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 Afrikaans: baie honger |
 Arabic: مُفْتَرِس، ضارٍ |
 Bulgarian: гладен |
 Brazilian: esfomeado |
 Czech: vyhladovělý |
 German: heißhungrig |
 Danish: hundesulten |
 Greek: λιμασμένος |
 Spanish: voraz, famélico |
 Estonian: väga näljane |
 Farsi: بسیار گرسنه |
 Finnish: nälkäinen |
 French: vorace |
 Hebrew: רָעֵב מְאוֹד |
 Hindi: मरभुक्खा, भुक्खड़ी, लालची |
 Croatian: proždrljiv |
 Hungarian: falánk |
 Indonesian: rakus |
 Icelandic: glorhungraður |
 Italian: vorace |
 Japanese: がつがつした |
 Korean: 몹시 굶주린 |
 Lithuanian: godus, peralkęs |
 Latvian: izbadējies |
 Malay: lapar |
 Dutch: uitgehongerd |
 Norwegian: skrubbsulten |
 Polish: zgłodniały |
 Persian: بسیار گرسنه |
 Pashto: سراښ، وږى |
 Portuguese: esfomeado |
 Romanian: înfometat, lihnit (de fo |
 Russian: голодный как волк |
 Slovak: vyhladnutý |
 Slovenian: sestradan |
 Serbian: izgladneo |
 Swedish: utsvulten |
 Thai: ซึ่งตะกละมาก |
 Turkish: kurt gibi acıkmış |
 Taiwanese: 餓極了的 |
 Ukrainian: дуже голодний, зголодніли |
 Urdu: بے حد بھوکا |
 Vietnamese: đói |
 Chinese: 饿极了的 |
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