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ravenous
Meaning: extremely hungry
ravenous in a sentence
How ravenous is used in real sentences:
After the long hike, the campers were ravenous and ate everything in sight.
By the time practice ended, the ravenous swim team sprinted straight to the cafeteria without even changing out of their wet suits.
“Mira had skipped breakfast to catch the bus and felt ravenous, but her cold fingers worried her more than hunger.”
— from the passage The White Road
Synonyms for ravenous
Other words for ravenous — famished, starving and voracious — carry the same meaning.
- famished
- starving
- voracious
Antonyms of ravenous
Words that mean the opposite of ravenous:
- full
- satisfied
Where it comes from
From Old French ravineux 'rapacious, greedy'
Memory hook
RAVENOUS sounds like RAVEN — a hungry raven that devours anything nearby.