ravenous

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adjective

1. 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
• Syn:
famished, sharp-set, starved, esurient
• Similar to:
hungry
• Derivationally related forms:
esurience (for: esurient), ravenousness
2. devouring or craving food in great quantities
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
• Syn:
edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish
• Similar to:
gluttonous
• Derivationally related forms:
voraciousness (for: voracious), voracity (for: voracious), ravenousness, rapaciousness (for: rapacious), rapacity (for: rapacious), esurience (for: esurient), edacity (for: edacious)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish, famished, sharp-set, starved