Antonyms for ravenous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rav-uh-nuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ə nəs |
Definition of ravenous
Origin :- late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.
- adj very hungry; desirous
- In a moment the prey was torn to bits by the ravenous monsters.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- Joseph is as greedy and as ravenous as Lucien, but not so frank or indiscreet.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
- And he cried so loud, he had wakened up so ravenous, that she decided to nurse him again.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Another quarter of an hour passed, and we were all ravenous.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- The colonel had to eat, in vying admiration of Jeff, ravenous from his day's walk.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Some ravenous water-fowl, might swoop, and pick his eyes out with iron beak.
- Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
- About midnight he awakened and was aware at once of a ravenous hunger.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- He had ten years of youth to make up, and a ravenous appetite.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- It made me shudder to hear the ravenous manner in which they were consumed.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 » by Various
- This poor flesh of mine may be burnt in flames, devoured by ravenous beasts.
- Extract from : « Out of the Deep » by Charles Kingsley
Synonyms for ravenous
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