ravenousness

rav·en·ous

R0059100 (răv′ə-nəs)adj.1. Extremely hungry or characterized by extreme hunger; voracious: missed lunch and was ravenous by dinnertime.2. Predatory or ferocious in predation: ravenous lions.3. Eager for gratification or extremely desirous: "I'm ravenous for news, any kind of news" (Margaret Atwood).

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

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rav′en·ous·ly adv.rav′en·ous·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ravenousness - excessive desire to eat edacity, esurience, voraciousness, voracityhunger, hungriness - a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

ravenousness

nounThe quality or condition of being voracious:avidity, edacity, omnivorousness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity.

Translations

贪婪

ravenous

(ˈrӕvənəs) adjective very hungry. 餓極了的 饿极了的ˈravenously adverb 餓壞了地 饥饿地贪婪地，大嚼地 ˈravenousness noun 餓壞了 贪婪