Antonyms for ravening

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

Synonyms for ravening

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