ravenous or voracious appetite

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• 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

• voracious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ravenous, omnivorous; rapacious; starving, famished, hungry; gluttonous, edacious. See gluttony, desire. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insatiable, gross, ravening; see greedy 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

• voracious — voraciously, adv. voraciousness, n. /vaw ray sheuhs, voh , veuh /, adj. 1. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite. 2. exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector. [1625 35; VORACI(TY) + OUS]… …   Universalium

• voracious — /vəˈreɪʃəs / (say vuh rayshuhs) adjective 1. devouring or craving food in large quantities: a voracious appetite. 2. greedy in eating; ravenous. 3. eager and indefatigable: *He took up his drink and moved off toward the bookcase: I m a voracious… …  

• voracious — adjective her voracious appetite Syn: insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious; enthusiastic, eager, keen, avid, desirous, hungry, ravenous; informal piggish; rare esurient …   Thesaurus of popular words

• voracious — voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, ravening, rapacious can all mean excessively greedy and can all apply to persons, their appetites and reactions, or their behavior. Voracious implies habitual gorging with food or drink, or with whatever satisfies …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Ravenous — Rav en*ous (r[a^]v n*[u^]s), a. [From 2d {Raven}.] 1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. [1913 Webster] 2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Voracious — Vo*ra cious, a. [L. vorax, acis, fr. vorare to devour; akin to Gr. ? meat, food, ? to devour, Skr. gar. Cf. {Devour}.] Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• voracious — adjective Etymology: Latin vorac , vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English ācweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibrōskein to devour Date: 1635 1. having a huge appetite ; ravenous 2. excessively eager ; insatiable < a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• appetite — n. 1) to whet one s; to work up an appetite 2) to satisfy one s appetite 3) to curb; spoil, take away one s appetite 4) a good, healthy, hearty, ravenous, voracious; insatiable appetite 5) an appetite for * * * [ æpɪtaɪt] healthy hearty… …   Combinatory dictionary

• appetite — noun 1 desire for food ADJECTIVE ▪ big, enormous, gargantuan, good, healthy, hearty, huge, insatiable, large, ravenous …   Collocations dictionary