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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rav•en•ous /ˈrævənəs/USA pronunciation adj. - extremely hungry;
famished. - intensely eager:ravenous for affection.
rav•en•ous•ly, adv. See -rape-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rav•en•ous (rav′ə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. - extremely hungry;
famished;
voracious:feeling ravenous after a hard day's work. - extremely rapacious:a ravenous jungle beast.
- intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.
- Old French ravineus, equivalent. to ravin(er) to raven2 + -eus -ous
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged greedy, starved, devouring. Ravenous, ravening, voracious suggest a greediness for food and usually intense hunger. Ravenous implies extreme hunger, or a famished condition:ravenous wild beasts.Ravening adds the idea of fierceness and savagery, esp. as shown in a violent manner of acquiring food:ravening wolves.Voracious implies craving or eating a great deal of food:a voracious child; a voracious appetite.It may also be used figuratively:a voracious reader.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged predatory.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sated.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ adj - famished; starving
- rapacious; voracious
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French ravineux, from Latin rapīna plunder, from rapere to seizeˈravenously adv ˈravenousness n |