ravenous (Meaning)
ravenous (s)
extremely hungry
devouring or craving food in great quantities
ravenous (a.)
Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
Synonyms & Antonyms of ravenous
Synonyms:
- peckish
- gormandizing
- unslakable
- gulping
- gorging
- gobbling
- hearty
- famished
- malnourished
- underfed
- devouring
- unquenchable
- undernourished
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
ravenous Sentence Examples
- The hiker stumbled upon a ravenous pack of wolves, his fear escalating as they closed in.
- The famine-stricken refugees were ravenous, their emaciated bodies desperately clinging to life.
- As the lioness emerged from its den, its ravenous gaze fixed upon the unsuspecting antelope.
- The child's ravenous appetite for ice cream left an empty bowl in its wake.
- The ravenous locust swarm descended upon the fields, devouring every plant in its path.
- The ravenous fire consumed the forest, leaving behind only ashes and charred remains.
- The starving dog devoured its food with ravenous speed, its hunger insatiable.
- The ravenous zombie lunged at its victim, its bloodlust driving it to madness.
- The ravenous ocean swept away the coastal village, leaving behind only ruins and memories.
- The ravenous tornado tore through the town, its destructive force leaving chaos and devastation in its wake.
FAQs About the word ravenous
extremely hungry, devouring or craving food in great quantitiesDevouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf
hungry, voracious,greedy, starving, swinish, rapacious, insatiable, piggish, starved, edacious
satisfied, full, content, stuffed, full, stuffed, content, satisfied, glutted,sated
The hiker stumbled upon a ravenous pack of wolves, his fear escalating as they closed in.
The famine-stricken refugees were ravenous, their emaciated bodies desperately clinging to life.
As the lioness emerged from its den, its ravenous gaze fixed upon the unsuspecting antelope.
The child's ravenous appetite for ice cream left an empty bowl in its wake.
