Antonyms for voracious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vaw-rey-shuh s, voh-, vuh-
Phonetic Transcription : vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və-


Definition of voracious

Origin :
  • 1630s, formed as an adjectival form of voracity. Related: Voraciously.
  • adj very hungry, greedy
Example sentences :
  • There are enough and to spare even for Fouquier-Tinvillle's voracious appetite.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He was voracious at the supper-table, and that made the landlady no kinder to him.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • The wolves were so voracious because they had not eaten for several days.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
  • Some of these voracious kinds have been caught with the remains of six white-fish in them.
  • Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
  • The gods were voracious as wolves, and the victims as numerous.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • We settled there to wait, harassed by multitudes of voracious mosquitoes.
  • Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
  • The voracious shark saw the tempting bait, and made a dash at it.
  • Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Not so the voracious and impertinent mollies—the Procellaria of naturalists.
  • Extract from : « Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; » by Sherard Osborn
  • But they are not epicures; they are voracious: they prefer quantity to quality.
  • Extract from : « Holland, v. 1 (of 2) » by Edmondo de Amicis
  • She observed that he did not wolf his food, voracious though he was.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

Synonyms for voracious

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