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Synonyms for "ravenous" in English

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ravenous:
- ravenous; starving; famished; voracious; rapacious; ravening; edacious; wolfish; esurient; starved; sharp-set

English

Detailed Synonyms for ravenous in English

ravenous:

ravenous adj

ravenous
ravenous; starving; famished
- ravenous adj
- starving adj
- famished adj
ravenous

– devouring or craving food in great quantities ¹
voracious; ravenous; rapacious; ravening; edacious; wolfish; esurient
– devouring or craving food in great quantities ¹
- voracious adj
  - voracious sharks¹
- ravenous adj
  - ravenous as wolves¹
- rapacious adj
  - a rapacious appetite¹
- ravening adj
- edacious adj
  - edacious vultures¹
- wolfish adj
- esurient adj
ravenous

– extremely hungry ¹
ravenous; famished; starved; esurient; sharp-set
– extremely hungry ¹
- ravenous adj
  - a ravenous boy¹
- famished adj
  - they were tired and famished for food and sleep¹
- starved adj
  - the family was starved and ragged¹
- esurient adj
  - fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy¹
- sharp-set adj

Related Words for "ravenous":

ravenously

Alternate Synonyms for "ravenous":

famished; sharp-set; starved; esurient; hungry
edacious; rapacious; ravening; voracious; wolfish; gluttonous

Related Definitions for "ravenous":

devouring or craving food in great quantities¹
- ravenous as wolves¹
extremely hungry¹
- a ravenous boy¹

Related Synonyms for ravenous

ravenous appetite

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