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What (who) is RAVENOUS - definition
ravenous
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Ravenous (album); Ravenous (film); Ravenous (disambiguation); Ravenous (song)
If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry.
Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.
= starving
ADJ
• ravenously
She began to eat ravenously...
ADV
ravenous
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Ravenous (album); Ravenous (film); Ravenous (disambiguation); Ravenous (song)
¦ adjective voraciously hungry.
Derivatives
ravenously adverb
ravenousness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. ravineus, from raviner (see raven2).
Ravenous
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Ravenous (album); Ravenous (film); Ravenous (disambiguation); Ravenous (song)
·adj Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
II. Ravenous ·adj Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
Examples of use of RAVENOUS
1. But as the U.S. economy slows, so will Americans‘ ravenous appetite for imports.
2. Wilma‘s customarily ravenous appetite had also disappeared and the obvious conclusion was drawn.
3. India, Brazil, China and Korea are among those ravenous for raw materials.
4. Weakened by weight and blood loss, many are unable to fight off ravenous wolf packs.
5. Elizabeth will surely be ravenous, having starved herself for the past fortnight.