ravening
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/ˈɹævənɪŋ/
English
Definitions
noun
- Predation (of an animal); voracious eating or consumption.
- Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
adjective
- Voracious and greedy.“There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.”
- Subject to the voracity of a predator.
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Synonyms
ravenousrapaciousedaciousvoraciousgluttonousesurientpredatoryaggressivewolfishacquisitivevulturousraptorialvulturineravinravinedlarge-handed