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Ravenous Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Ravenous has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

devouring or craving food in great quantities

"edacious vultures"

"a rapacious appetite"

"ravenous as wolves"

"voracious sharks"

3

Very hungry.

Example Sentences
"they were tired and famished for food and sleep" adjective
"a ravenous boy" adjective
"the family was starved and ragged" adjective
"fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" adjective
"edacious vultures" adjective
"a rapacious appetite" adjective
"ravenous as wolves" adjective
"voracious sharks" adjective
See Also
grasping greedy voracious sharp set hungry wolf in one's stomach cormorant harpylike
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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