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- Dictionaryravenous/ˈravənəs/
adjective
- 1. extremely hungry: "I'd been out all day and was ravenous" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of RAVENOUS is rapacious. How to use ravenous in a sentence. ravishing or ravenous? Synonym Discussion of Ravenous.
RAVENOUS definition: 1. extremely hungry: 2. wanting something very much or wanting a lot of something: 3. extremely…. Learn more.
wanting something very much or wanting a lot of something: a ravenous appetite for cash. a stage star who was ravenous for attention. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of ravenous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) ravenous | Intermediate English.
Ravenous implies extreme hunger, or a famished condition: ravenous wild beasts. Ravening adds the idea of fierceness and savagery, especially as shown in a violent manner of acquiring food: ravening wolves.
ravenous implies extreme hunger, or a famished condition: ravenous wild beasts. ravening adds the idea of fierceness and savagery, esp. as shown in a violent manner of acquiring food: ravening wolves. voracious implies craving or eating a great deal of food: a voracious child; a voracious appetite.
1. Extremely hungry or characterized by extreme hunger; voracious: missed lunch and was ravenous by dinnertime. 2. Predatory or ferocious in predation: ravenous lions. 3. Eager for gratification or extremely desirous: "I'm ravenous for news, any kind of news" (Margaret Atwood).
A ravenous person feels like they haven't eaten in days and could probably finish off 10 pizzas without help. So ravenous is not a good state to be in when you go grocery shopping.
Definition of ravenous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
RAVENOUS definition: very hungry. Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of RAVENOUS. [more ravenous; most ravenous] : very hungry. By the time dinner was ready, we were ravenous. a ravenous wolf. After hiking all day, I had a ravenous appetite. [=I was extremely hungry] — sometimes used figuratively. She was ravenous for public attention.
