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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : rav-uh-ning
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ə nɪŋ



Definition of ravening

Origin :
  • "voracious," 1520s, present participle adjective from an extinct verb raven "to prey, to plunder, devour greedily" (late 14c., implied in ravener), from Old French raviner (see ravenous). It is not etymologically related to raven (n.).
  • As in predatory : adj eating, destroying for sustenance or without conscience
  • As in rapacious : adj plundering
  • As in ravenous : adj very hungry; desirous
  • As in savage : adj cruel, vicious
  • As in voracious : adj very hungry, greedy
  • As in preying : adj predatory
  • As in edacious : adj voracious
  • As in piggish : adj greedy
  • As in unappeasable : adj voracious
  • As in famished : adj starving
  • As in ferocious : adj violent, barbaric
  • As in gluttonous : adj voracious
  • As in greedy : adj desiring excessively
  • As in glut : verb choke; oversupply
Example sentences :
  • Has ravening aspiration any compunction; any contrite visitings of nature?
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • "She was a ravening beast," the man in tweeds started again.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • At one o'clock the four elder ones would be upon her, ravening.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • What manner Syrt, what ravening Scylla, what vasty Charybdis?
  • Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus
  • They fall often as victims to the ravening ambition of a single man.
  • Extract from : « Legends of the Rhine » by Wilhelm Ruland
  • Between that ravening surface and the armor skin of the Boise there was nothing.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Their ravening lusts will consume thee to the soul, O woman!
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • Within thee there is ravening, but the outside thou makest clean.
  • Extract from : « The Dhammapada » by Unknown
  • Ever since you have been wanting to show your bravery, you have been howling like a ravening wolf.
  • Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
  • What was missing in his life, that, in his ravening soul, he was not satisfied?
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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