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- [rav-uh-nuh s]
- /ˈræv ə nəs/
- /ˈræv.ən.əs/
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- [rav-uh-nuh s]
- /ˈræv ə nəs/
Definitions of ravenous word
- adjective ravenous extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work. 2
- adjective ravenous extremely rapacious: a ravenous jungle beast. 1
- adjective ravenous intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction. 1
- adjective ravenous very hungry 1
- adjective ravenous appetite, hunger: great 1
- adjective ravenous If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry. 0
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Origin of ravenous
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Old French ravineus, equivalent to ravin(er) to raven2 + -eus -ous
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Parts of speech for Ravenous
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ravenous popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
ravenous usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ravenous
noun ravenous
- appetite — Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- big eyes — any of several silver and red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, found in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies, having a short, flattened body and large eyes.
- desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- edacity — the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- gimmie — Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
adj ravenous
- avid — You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
adjective ravenous
- empty — A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
- esurient — Hungry or greedy.
- gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
- gutsy — having a great deal of courage or nerve: a gutsy lampooner of the administration.
- hungered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunger.
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