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ravenous |
Grep of noun ravenous ravenousness Overview of adj ravenous The adj ravenous has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient -- (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") 2. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish -- (devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks") Antonyms of adj ravenous 2 senses of ravenous Sense 1 famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient INDIRECT (VIA hungry) -> thirsty Sense 2 edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish INDIRECT (VIA gluttonous) -> abstemious Similarity of adj ravenous 2 senses of ravenous Sense 1 famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient => hungry (vs. thirsty) Sense 2 edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish => gluttonous (vs. abstemious) Attributes of adj ravenous Familiarity of adj ravenous ravenous used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj ravenous intravenous ravenous Overview of adj ravenous The adj ravenous has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient -- (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") 2. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish -- (devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks")
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