ravenous
adjective/ˈrævənəs/
/ˈrævənəs/
- (of a person or an animal) extremely hungry synonym starving
- What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
- Go back in your imagination to the days when huge, ravenous beasts ruled the planet.
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- [only before noun] (of hunger) very great
- He has a ravenous appetite.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage’, based on Latin rapina ‘pillage’.
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