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
- 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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