RAVENOUSNESS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ravenousness

noun

Definition of ravenousness

as in rapacity

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Noun

Sudan’s civil war, a conflict credibly described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, has seen violence matched only by the belligerents’ rapacity in pillaging the country’s riches.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
This variation of socialism aimed to blunt the rapacity of capitalism rather than sharpen its contradictions and hasten the coming revolution.

— Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Definition of rapacity

Noun

To satisfy its voracity for billions of pages, Anthropic started out by placing mass orders with wholesalers, before turning to individual and secondhand booksellers to help fill in the gaps.

— Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.

— Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024

Definition of voracity

Noun

Meanwhile, the way Artificial played like a horror movie felt incredibly true to this moment, where so many of us are just starting to feel sick to our stomach about it.

— Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
There is no vaccine for the illness, which can cause stomach cramps and diarrhea.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of stomach

Noun

Hardware demand Despite these concerns, the sector's hunger for chips doesn't seem to be letting up, as seen in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's record quarter.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Jasper, in Chicago, understands the risk of silencing those hunger cues.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hunger

Noun

Cholera and malnutrition cases are increasing, access to trauma care is more difficult and some hospitals have shortages of surgical and other supplies, the World Health Organization said this week.

— Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Globally, 43 million children under five suffer acute malnutrition.

— Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of malnutrition

Noun

In March 2024, Josep Borrell, a top EU diplomat, accused Israel of creating a famine and using starvation as a weapon of war.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Since Yemen descended into war in 2015, the United Nations estimates that some 377,000 people have died, more than half due to indirect causes such as starvation and disease amid the fighting.

— Dov Lieber, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of starvation

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