as in greedy
having a huge appetite
we were ravenous after our canoe paddling, and the chili bubbling over the campfire smelled heavenly
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Recent Examples of ravenous
The one 49ers player who was perhaps hardest hit by the ravenous injury bug was running back Christian McCaffrey.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
The first four episodes of season 2 crept onto Netflix earlier this month, throwing our favorite heartless teenager (played by Jenna Ortega) headfirst into a new mystery, complete with secret experiments, ravenous zombies, and a spat of unsettling bird murders.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Sophie's scandal was related to photos taken while on vacation and sold to the ravenous British press by a friend.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
For many years the ravenous far left in Connecticut has advocated taxing Yale University in New Haven.
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
The first four episodes of season 2 crept onto Netflix earlier this month, throwing our favorite heartless teenager (played by Jenna Ortega) headfirst into a new mystery, complete with secret experiments, ravenous zombies, and a spat of unsettling bird murders.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Sophie's scandal was related to photos taken while on vacation and sold to the ravenous British press by a friend.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
For many years the ravenous far left in Connecticut has advocated taxing Yale University in New Haven.
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravenous
Adjective
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Polaha plays Dick Hall, the president of Meridian Mortgage who is taken hostage by Tony Kiritsis (Ribisi), who publicly accuses him on being a greedy and cutthroat monster.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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Left-wing antisemitism, which cast Jews as greedy capitalists, existed as well, especially in France, but Jew-baiting remained primarily a right-wing pursuit, the work of illiberal nativists who saw a tiny minority as polluting the purity of their racial or religious communities.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There was some fatigue in our performance, but the group are always so professional and so hungry to win.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Visibly hungry for a goal, Messi missed an opportunity to join the scoresheet in the 54th minute.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.—
Katie da Cunha Lewin
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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But Baker has a voracious appetite for learning his craft and is a prolific note-taker.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Ravenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenous. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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