ravenous

rav·en·ous  (rv-ns)

adj.

1. Extremely hungry; voracious.

2. Rapacious; predatory.

3. Greedy for gratification: ravenous for power. See Synonyms at voracious.

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[Middle English, from Old French ravineux, from raviner, to take by force, from Vulgar Latin *rapnre, from Latin rapna, plunder; see rapine.]

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raven·ous·ly adv.

raven·ous·ness n.

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ravenous [ˈrævənəs]

adj

1. famished; starving

2. rapacious; voracious

[from Old French ravineux, from Latin rapīna plunder, from rapere to seize]

ravenously  adv

ravenousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ravenous - extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" esurient, famished, sharp-set, starved hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"
	2.	ravenous - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" edacious, voracious, wolfish, esurient, rapacious, ravening gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"

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ravenous

adjective

1. starving, starved, very hungry, famished, esurient a pack of ravenous animals
starving full, glutted, sated, satiated

2. greedy, insatiable, avaricious, covetous, grasping, insatiate He had moderated his ravenous appetite.

Translations

ravenous [ˈrævənəs] ADJ

1. (= starving) → hambriento
I'm ravenous! → ¡me comería un toro!
he was ravenous → tenía un hambre canina

2. (= voracious) → voraz

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ravenous [ˈræv^ənəs] adj → affamé(e)
to be ravenous → avoir une faim de loup
I'm ravenous! → J'ai une faim de loup!

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ravenous

adj animal → ausgehungert; person also → heißhungrig; appetite, hunger → gewaltig; I’m ravenous → ich habe einen Bärenhunger (inf)

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ravenous [ˈrævənəs] adj (person) → affamato/a; (appetite, animal) → famelico/a, vorace

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ravenous

adj ravenous [ˈrӕvənəs]

very hungry. baie honger مُفْتَرِس، ضارٍ гладен vyhladovělý hundesulten heißhungrig λιμασμένος voraz, famélico väga näljane بسیار گرسنه nälkäinen vorace רָעֵב מְאוֹד मरभुक्खा, भुक्खड़ी, लालची proždrljiv falánk rakus glorhungraður vorace がつがつした 몹시 굶주린 godus, peralkęs izbadējies lapar uitgehongerd skrubbsulten zgłodniały esfomeado înfo­metat, lihnit (de foame) голодный как волк vyhladnutý sestradan izgladneo utsvulten ซึ่งตะกละมาก kurt gibi acıkmış 餓極了的 дуже голодний, зголоднілий بے حد بھوکا đói 饿极了的

adv ravenously

baie honger بِضَراوَه гладно hladově grådigt; forslugent heißhungrig αδηφάγα, αρπακτικά vorazmente nälginult حریصانه ahnaasti voracement בְרַעַבתָנוּת लालच proždrljivo falánk módon dengan rakus græðgislega voracemente がつがつして 몹시 주린 듯 godžiai rijīgi; kāri dengan lapar uitgehongerd glupsk, skrubbsultent żarłocznie esfomeadamente cu o foame de lup жадно hladne sestradano izgladnelo hungrigt, lystet, glupande อย่างตะกละ aç kurt gibi 貪婪地，大嚼地 зголодніло ندیدے پن سے đói 贪婪地，大嚼地

n ravenousness

baie honger wees ضَراوَه глад vyhladovělost grådighed; forslugenhed der Heißhunger αδηφαγία voracidad suur nälg گرسنگی شدید sudennälkä voracité רַעַבתָנוּת लालची proždrljivost falánkság kerakusan græðgi voracità 飢え 극심한 굶주림 godumas rijīgums kelaparan grote honger glupende appetitt żarłoczność voracidade foame de lup ненасытность vyhladnutosť sestradanost izgladnelost utsvultenhet ความตะกละ kıtlıktan çıkmışcasına 貪婪 зголоднілість حرص cơn đói 贪婪

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ravenous → مفترس vyhladovělý hundesulten heißhungrig λιμασμένος hambriento tosi nälkäinen vorace proždrljiv affamato 飢えた 몹시 굶주린 uitgehongerd skrubbsulten żarłoczny morto de fome прожорливый jättehungrig ซึ่งตะกละมาก kurt gibi aç rất đói 贪婪的