"ravenous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹævənəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ravenous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more ravenous [comparative], most ravenous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English ravenous, ravynous, from Old French ravineus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ravenous}} Middle English ravenous, {{m|enm|ravynous}} ravynous, {{der|en|fro|ravineus}} Old French ravineus Head templates: {{en-adj}} ravenous (comparative more ravenous, superlative most ravenous)
  1. Very hungry. Translations (very hungry): πρόσπεινος (próspeinos) (Ancient Greek), ὀξύπεινος (oxúpeinos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), lontek (Breton), ла́ком (lákom) (Bulgarian), famèlic [masculine] (Catalan), voraç [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), vyhladovělý [masculine] (Czech), uitgehongerd (Dutch), englutema (Esperanto), sudennälkäinen (Finnish), affamé [masculine] (French), vorace [feminine, masculine] (French), esfameado [masculine] (Galician), famento [masculine] (Galician), მძარცველური (mʒarcveluri) (Georgian), gefräßig (German), ausgehungert (German), heißhungrig (German), λιμασμένος (limasménos) (Greek), falánk (Hungarian), farkaséhes (Hungarian), devorema (Ido), devorante (Interlingua), cíocrach (Irish), aimirneach (Irish), gionach (Irish), famelico [masculine] (Italian), affamato [masculine] (Italian), vorace [feminine, masculine] (Italian), yazid (Kalasha), vorax (Latin), warawara (Maori), whakapakari (Maori), pakaroa (Maori), famelic [masculine] (Occitan), grǣdiġ (Old English), اوبور (obur) (Ottoman Turkish), قورساقسز (kursaksız) (Ottoman Turkish), zachłanny (Polish), żarłoczny (Polish), faminto [masculine] (Portuguese), famélico [masculine] (Portuguese), voraz [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ávido [masculine] (Portuguese), vorace (Romanian), flămând [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), изголодавшийся (izgolodavšijsja) (Russian), gionach (Scottish Gaelic), craosach (Scottish Gaelic), халапљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), прождрљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), halapljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), proždrljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), famélico (Spanish), svulten (Swedish), ненаже́рливий (nenažérlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ravenous-en-adj-5FmkRhMh Disambiguation of 'very hungry': 99 1
  2. Grasping; characterized by strong desires. Translations (eager for prey or gratification): хищен (hišten) (Bulgarian), грабителски (grabitelski) (Bulgarian), ahne (Finnish), avide (French), ávido (Portuguese), gionach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-ravenous-en-adj-MltTf3Ec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'eager for prey or gratification': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: starving [colloquial, figuratively] Derived forms: ravenously, ravenousness, ravenous hunger Related terms: voracious

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          "text": "You must remember no one had eaten a thing for several days. They were ravenous. So for a while there was no conversation at all. There was only the sound of crunching and chewing as the animals attacked the succulent food.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Life as a Biotic Codex entry",
          "text": "Biotics possess extraordinary abilities, but they must live with minor inconveniences. The most obvious issue is getting adequate nutrition. Creating biotic mass effects takes such a toll on metabolism that active biotics develop ravenous appetites. The standard Alliance combat ration for a soldier is 3000 calories per day; biotics are given 4500, as well as a canteen of potent energy drink for quick refreshment after hard combat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 43",
          "text": "Ravenous, I order one more wine and a selection of cheese and biscuits.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very hungry."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hungry",
          "hungry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy",
          "text": "Mrs. Michael turned out to be a ravenous, fast-fading woman in a slashed skirt and a low blouse over an unappetising chest. While her husband did things in his shed, where he appeared to live, Pym inexpertly mixed the Yorkshire pudding and fought off her embraces...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Grasping; characterized by strong desires."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Grasping",
          "grasping"
        ],
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹævənəs/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "starving"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "lontek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lákom",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "ла́ком"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "famèlic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voraç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vyhladovělý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "uitgehongerd"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "englutema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "sudennälkäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affamé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vorace"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esfameado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "famento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mʒarcveluri",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "მძარცველური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "gefräßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "ausgehungert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "heißhungrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "limasménos",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "λιμασμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "próspeinos",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "πρόσπεινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oxúpeinos",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ὀξύπεινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "falánk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "farkaséhes"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "devorema"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "devorante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "cíocrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "aimirneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "gionach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "famelico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affamato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vorace"
    },
    {
      "code": "kls",
      "lang": "Kalasha",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "yazid"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "vorax"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "warawara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "whakapakari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "pakaroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "famelic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "grǣdiġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "obur",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "اوبور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kursaksız",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "قورساقسز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "zachłanny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "żarłoczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faminto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "famélico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ávido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "vorace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flămând"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgolodavšijsja",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "изголодавшийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "gionach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "craosach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "халапљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прождрљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "halapljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "proždrljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "famélico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "svulten"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nenažérlyvyj",
      "sense": "very hungry",
      "word": "ненаже́рливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hišten",
      "sense": "eager for prey or gratification",
      "word": "хищен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "grabitelski",
      "sense": "eager for prey or gratification",
      "word": "грабителски"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eager for prey or gratification",
      "word": "ahne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "eager for prey or gratification",
      "word": "avide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eager for prey or gratification",
      "word": "ávido"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "eager for prey or gratification",
      "word": "gionach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ravenous"
}

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