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ravenous
English
Etymology
From Middle English ravenous, ravynous, from Old French ravineus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æv?n?s/
Adjective
ravenous (comparative more ravenous, superlative most ravenous)
- Very hungry.
- Grasping; characterized by strong desires.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. IX, Working Aristocracy
- Supply-and-demand? One begins to be weary of such work. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: — it is the Gospel of Despair!
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. IX, Working Aristocracy
Synonyms
- starving (colloquial, figuratively)
- See also Thesaurus:voracious
Derived terms
- ravenously
- ravenousness
Translations
See also
- voracious
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piggish
English
Etymology
pig +? -ish
Adjective
piggish (comparative more piggish, superlative most piggish)
- greedy or gluttonous
- pigheaded
- unpleasant or unclean
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