Antonyms for ravened

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rey-vuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ vən

Definition of ravened

Origin : Old English hræfn (Mercian), hrefn; hræfn (Northumbrian, West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *khrabanas (cf. Old Norse hrafn, Danish ravn, Dutch raaf, Old High German hraban, German Rabe "raven," Old English hroc "rook"), from PIE root *ker-, imitative of harsh sounds (cf. Latin crepare "to creak, clatter," cornix "crow," corvus "raven;" Greek korax "raven," korone "crow;" Old Church Slavonic kruku "raven;" Lithuanian krauklys "crow").
Raven mythology shows considerable homogeneity throughout the whole area [northern regions of the northern hemisphere] in spite of differences in detail. The Raven peeps forth from the mists of time and the thickets of mythology, as a bird of slaughter, a storm bird, a sun and fire bird, a messenger, an oracular figure and a craftsman or culture hero. [Edward A. Armstrong, "The Folklore of Birds," 1958]
Old English also used hræmn, hremm. The raven standard was the flag of the Danish Vikings. The Quran connects the raven with Cain's murder of Abel; but in Christianity the bird plays a positive role in the stories of St. Benedict, St. Paul the Hermit, St. Vincent, etc. It was anciently believed to live to great old age, but the ancients also believed it wanting in parental care. The vikings, like Noah, were said to have used the raven to discover land. "When uncertain of their course they let one loose, and steered the vessel in his track, deeming that the land lay in the direction of his flight; if he returned to the ship, it was supposed to be at a distance" [Charles Swainson, "The Folk Lore and Provincial Names of British Birds," London, 1886].

As in glut : verb choke; oversupply

Example sentences :

They had ravened upon the blood of men and the flesh of horses, and they hungered for more.
Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid

How could I possibly break with Covent Garden—where my understudy, a fearsome female, ravened for the part?
Extract from : « A Man in the Open » by Roger Pocock

His mask of a face revealed nothing, but he could not disguise the rage of hunger for her that ravened in his famished eyes.
Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

If up to that time I had not thought of the stage as a career, now at the suggestion the desire of it ravened in me like a flame.
Extract from : « A Woman of Genius » by Mary Austin

There in the breach It ravened for me, thrust Itself toward me, pressed against the thin veil of separation between us.
Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Benjamin portioned above his brethren has ravened as a wolf.
Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I » by Various

Away to his right, down a narrow pitch-black tunnel, were the walls of the hypocausts behind which fires roared and ravened.
Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor

Now the fury of the people rose against me, and they ravened round the palace like lions of the desert, roaring for my blood.
Extract from : « Moon of Israel » by H. Rider Haggard

That night, as they ravened over their meager meal, Knute came to them, hesitatingly.
Extract from : « The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure » by Rex Beach

Were not its commanders and its princes lions who overran the whole world, and ravened, and slaughtered the prey?
Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

Synonyms for ravened

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