ravenous hunger

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• hunger — I n. 1) (formal) to allay, alleviate, appease one s hunger 2) to satisfy one s hunger; to gratify one s hunger (fig.) 3) ravenous hunger 4) hunger for (hunger for knowledge) 5) of hunger (to die of hunger) II v. (D; intr.) to hunger after, for *… …   Combinatory dictionary

• ravenous — ravenously, adv. ravenousness, n. /rav euh neuhs/, adj. 1. extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day s work. 2. extremely rapacious: a ravenous jungle beast. 3. intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.… …   Universalium

• Ravenous — Infobox Film name = Ravenous caption = Theatrical release poster producer =Adam Fields David Heyman Tim Van Rellim writer = Ted Griffin starring = Guy Pearce Robert Carlyle Jeremy Davies Jeffrey Jones David Arquette Neal McDonough director =… …   Wikipedia

• hunger — Synonyms and related words: ache, an universal wolf, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, aspire after, be ravenous, break bread, canine appetite, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, chewing, consumption, count calories …   Moby Thesaurus

• hunger — n 1. hungriness, appetite, appetition, appetence, stomach, taste; tapeworm, Pathol. bulimia, canine appetite, Inf. sweet tooth; ravenousness, edacity, voraciousness. 525 2. craving, thirst, coveting, want; yearning, longing, pining, desire, yen,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• ravenous — Synonyms and related words: Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all devouring, all engulfing, avaricious, avid, bloodsucking, bolting, bottomless, coveting, covetous, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, devouring, dog hungry, edacious, empty, esurient,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ravenous — adj. 1 very hungry, famished. 2 (of hunger, eagerness, etc., or of an animal) voracious. 3 rapacious. Derivatives: ravenously adv. ravenousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF ravineus (as RAVEN(2)) …   Useful english dictionary

• βουλιμία — βουλῑμίᾱ , βουλιμία ravenous hunger fem nom/voc/acc dual βουλῑμίᾱ , βουλιμία ravenous hunger fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) βουλῑμίᾱ , βουλιμιάω suffer from pres imperat act 2nd sg βουλῑμίᾱ , βουλιμιάω suffer from imperf ind act 3rd… …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• βουλιμίας — βουλῑμίᾱς , βουλιμία ravenous hunger fem acc pl βουλῑμίᾱς , βουλιμία ravenous hunger fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) βουλῑμίᾱς , βουλιμιάω suffer from imperf ind act 2nd sg (homeric ionic) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• βουλιμίᾳ — βουλῑμίαι , βουλιμία ravenous hunger fem nom/voc pl βουλῑμίᾱͅ , βουλιμία ravenous hunger fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• bulimia — [19] The condition now called ‘bulimia’ – in which bouts of overeating are followed by bouts of purging – was recognized and so named in the 1970s. The word used to name it, however, is much more ancient than that. It goes back to Greek boulimia …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins