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
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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
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But given both the film’s protagonist (gig worker Eyüp, played by the director) and title character (Eyüp’s greedy boss) are participants in the dance, this Turkish writer can’t help but see it as a biting social statement.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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Bowling at run-hungry batters on largely unforgiving pitches in vast, cacophonous stadiums with huge outfields in front of a partisan and at times baying crowd — plenty of English bowlers have found bowling in Australia akin to a Sisyphean task.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Garten rolls up the edges and bakes it all together for 30 minutes, ending with not one, but two beautiful pear tarts to serve a hungry crowd.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 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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Well, utilities are getting a lot of attention as a way to play AI’s voracious appetite for electricity.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Ravenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravenous. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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