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The definition of ravenous is extremely hungry or famished.
(adjective)When you are so hungry you can eat an entire pizza, this is an example of a situation where you would be described as ravenous.
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See ravenous in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- greedily or wildly hungry; voracious or famished
- very eager for gratification: ravenous for praise
- very rapacious
Origin: ME ravynous < OFr ravinos < ravine: see raven
Related Forms:
- ravenously adverb
- ravenousness noun
See ravenous in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Extremely hungry; voracious.
- Rapacious; predatory.
- Greedy for gratification: ravenous for power. See Synonyms at voracious.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French ravineux
Origin: , from raviner, to take by force
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *rapīnāre
Origin: , from Latin rapīna, plunder; see rapine
.Related Forms:
- ravˈen·ous·ly adverb
- ravˈen·ous·ness noun
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