Definition of ravenous Ravenous
/ɹæˈvʌnʌs/ - [ratvunus] - rav•en•ous
We found 7 definitions of ravenous from 4 different sources.
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What does ravenous mean?
WordNet
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| ravenous - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" | ||
| edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish | ||
| gluttonous given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" | ||
| ravenous - 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" | ||
| famished, sharp-set, starved, esurient | ||
| hungry feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ravenous (Adjective)
Very hungry. - ravenous (Adjective)
Eager for prey or gratification.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ravenous (a.)
Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. - ravenous (a.)
Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
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ravenous
Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
