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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)

  1. Very hungry.
  2. 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!

Synonyms

  • starving (colloquial, figuratively)
  • See also Thesaurus:voracious

Derived terms

  • ravenously
  • ravenousness

Translations

See also

  • voracious

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swinish

English

Etymology

From swine +? -ish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?swa?n??/
  • Hyphenation: swin?ish

Adjective

swinish (comparative more swinish, superlative most swinish)

  1. Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
    • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:
      Epicurus, though his ethic seemed to others swinish and lacking in moral exultation, was very much in earnest.

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