Definition of ravenous

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Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..

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Fell :: Fell (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey..
Predatory :: Predatory (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits..
Edacity :: Edacity (n.) Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.
Cormoraut :: Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.
Gormand :: Gormand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves..
Lupine :: Lupine (n.) Wolfish; ravenous.
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door..
Raphany :: Raphany (n.) A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism..
Carnal :: Carnal (a.) Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody.
Limosis :: Limosis (n.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..
Gourmand :: Gourmand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
Ferocious :: Ferocious (a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion..
Intravenous :: Intravenous (a.) Within the veins.
Flock :: Flock (n.) A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl..
Sharp-set :: Sharp-set (a.) Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
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