2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. [1913 Webster] -- {Rav"en*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Rav"en*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Ravenous — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda RAVENOUS Título Ravenous Ficha técnica Dirección Antonia Bird Producción Adam Fields, David Heyman, Tim Van Relim Guión … Wikipedia Español
ravenous — [rav′ə nəs] adj. [ME ravynous < OFr ravinos < ravine: see RAVEN2] 1. greedily or wildly hungry; voracious or famished 2. very eager for gratification [ravenous for praise] 3. very rapacious ravenously adv. ravenousness n … English World dictionary
ravenous — index eager, gluttonous, predatory, rapacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ravenous — (adj.) early 15c., obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy, from O.Fr. ravinos rapacious, violent, from raviner to seize, from ravine violent rush, robbery (see RAVINE (Cf. ravine)). Meaning voracious, very hungry is from early 15c. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
ravenous — ravening, rapacious, *voracious, gluttonous Analogous words: grasping, greedy, acquisitive, *covetous: *fierce, ferocious … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ravenous — [adj] very hungry; desirous avaricious, could eat a horse*, covetous, devouring, edacious, empty, famished, ferocious, gluttonous, grasping, greedy, insatiable, insatiate, omnivorous, predatory, rapacious, ravening, starved, starved to death*,… … New thesaurus
ravenous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely hungry. DERIVATIVES ravenously adverb. ORIGIN Old French ravineus, from raviner to ravage … English terms dictionary
Ravenous — Infobox Film name = Ravenous caption = Theatrical release poster producer =Adam Fields David Heyman Tim Van Rellim writer = Ted Griffin starring = Guy Pearce Robert Carlyle Jeremy Davies Jeffrey Jones David Arquette Neal McDonough director =… … Wikipedia
Ravenous — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Ravenous – Friss oder stirb Originaltitel Ravenous … Deutsch Wikipedia
ravenous — ravenously, adv. ravenousness, n. /rav euh neuhs/, adj. 1. extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day s work. 2. extremely rapacious: a ravenous jungle beast. 3. intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.… … Universalium
