Ravenous
/ˈrævənəs/adjective
Very hungry.
After the long hike, I was ravenous and ate everything in sight.
adjective
Greedy for gratification.
He had a ravenous desire to succeed at any cost.
adjective
Preying upon other organisms for food.
The ravenous lions hunted their prey.
adjective
Very hungry.
After the long hike, I was ravenous and ate everything in sight.
adjective
Greedy for gratification.
He had a ravenous desire to succeed at any cost.
adjective
Preying upon other organisms for food.
The ravenous lions hunted their prey.
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Pro Tip 1/2Extreme Hunger
Use 'ravenous' to describe an intense, almost uncontrollable hunger, more than just being 'hungry'.
Skipping meals all day, I'm absolutely ravenous now.
Pro Tip 2/2Urgency Implied
'Ravenous' often implies a need to eat immediately and with urgency.
The ravenous crowd rushed to the buffet table as soon as dinner was announced.
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famishedgreedyinsatiablestarvevoracious
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
more ravenous with every new record broken so putnam set his sights on amelia and surprisingly the feeling was mutual with a business partner like george putnam by her side emilia found herself with opportunities and with those opportunities came influence even though
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How isolation fuels...
entirely across the room for me, because I will eat it all. I will. And that brings up another thing that makes social disconnection so dangerous. If we don't have the ability to connect socially, we are so ravenous for our social neurochemistry to be rebalanced,
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What causes cavities? -...
which can become the fodder for those ravenous mouth bacteria. So while ancient humans did eat less sugar compared to us, their teeth were still exposed to sugars. That doesn't mean they were unable to treat their cavities, though.
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The threat of invasive...
A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation. These aren't horror movie concepts. They're real stories, but how could such situations exist in nature?
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Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
talked about a ravenous creature CATIA which you know what would satisfy its its insatiable jaws but you know they were at least observing and kind of translating shark behavior into their world but in the
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Great White Shark Attack...
The great white's turn-of-speed is powered by a high metabolism. They only thrive in cold temperate seas, for only these waters contain sufficient food necessary to fuel such a ravenous predator.
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Just add water: The...
If we plan to discourage lonely locusts from becoming catastrophic crowds, humans need to cut carbon emissions, rethink our agriculture, and generally reconsider our own ravenous appetites.
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Can you solve the fish...
Thermal imaging shows 50 organisms in the area, and you quickly realize that that number includes both your fish and some ravenous sharks. You flip on the sonar to get a better look.
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Largest Lizard on Earth...
Okay, that felt like more of a bite. With the smell of blood in the air, I'm suddenly surrounded by ravenous, drooling jaws.
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
a monster the length of a man with a ravenous appetite
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
more ravenous with every new record broken so putnam set his sights on amelia and surprisingly the feeling was mutual with a business partner like george putnam by her side emilia found herself with opportunities and with those opportunities came influence even though
Video examples
How isolation fuels...
entirely across the room for me, because I will eat it all. I will. And that brings up another thing that makes social disconnection so dangerous. If we don't have the ability to connect socially, we are so ravenous for our social neurochemistry to be rebalanced,
Video examples
What causes cavities? -...
which can become the fodder for those ravenous mouth bacteria. So while ancient humans did eat less sugar compared to us, their teeth were still exposed to sugars. That doesn't mean they were unable to treat their cavities, though.
Video examples
The threat of invasive...
A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation. These aren't horror movie concepts. They're real stories, but how could such situations exist in nature?
Video examples
Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
talked about a ravenous creature CATIA which you know what would satisfy its its insatiable jaws but you know they were at least observing and kind of translating shark behavior into their world but in the
Video examples
Great White Shark Attack...
The great white's turn-of-speed is powered by a high metabolism. They only thrive in cold temperate seas, for only these waters contain sufficient food necessary to fuel such a ravenous predator.
Video examples
Just add water: The...
If we plan to discourage lonely locusts from becoming catastrophic crowds, humans need to cut carbon emissions, rethink our agriculture, and generally reconsider our own ravenous appetites.
Video examples
Can you solve the fish...
Thermal imaging shows 50 organisms in the area, and you quickly realize that that number includes both your fish and some ravenous sharks. You flip on the sonar to get a better look.
Video examples
Largest Lizard on Earth...
Okay, that felt like more of a bite. With the smell of blood in the air, I'm suddenly surrounded by ravenous, drooling jaws.
Video examples
ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
a monster the length of a man with a ravenous appetite
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Ruth Reichl
American Chef
Hunger, I discovered, is very much a matter of the mind, and as I began to study my own appetites, I saw that my teenage craving had not really been for food. That ravenous desire had been a yearning for love, attention, appreciation. Food had merely been my substitute.
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Jake Tapper
American Journalist
I've always been a ravenous consumer of opinion. When I was in my high school library and my college library, I would read 'National Review' and I would read 'The Nation' and I would read 'The American Spectator' and I would read 'Mother Jones.
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Carlo Collodi
Italian Writer
A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear.
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Chris Evans
American Actor
The comic book world is so dangerous, you know what I mean? You say one thing and people - they're ravenous - they are very opinionated fans. But they're great fans.
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Kristen Stewart
American Actress
People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.
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Andy Jassy
American Businessman
I think you need a leadership team that is absolutely ravenous to get at the truth.
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Gregg Wallace
English Celebrity
I always eat breakfast as I've just come out of gym and I'm ravenous for protein.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.
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Nadia Giosia
Canadian Chef
I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat.
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Ruth Reichl
American Chef
Hunger, I discovered, is very much a matter of the mind, and as I began to study my own appetites, I saw that my teenage craving had not really been for food. That ravenous desire had been a yearning for love, attention, appreciation. Food had merely been my substitute.
Quote examples
Jake Tapper
American Journalist
I've always been a ravenous consumer of opinion. When I was in my high school library and my college library, I would read 'National Review' and I would read 'The Nation' and I would read 'The American Spectator' and I would read 'Mother Jones.
Quote examples
Carlo Collodi
Italian Writer
A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear.
Quote examples
Chris Evans
American Actor
The comic book world is so dangerous, you know what I mean? You say one thing and people - they're ravenous - they are very opinionated fans. But they're great fans.
Quote examples
Kristen Stewart
American Actress
People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
French Philosopher
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.
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Andy Jassy
American Businessman
I think you need a leadership team that is absolutely ravenous to get at the truth.
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Gregg Wallace
English Celebrity
I always eat breakfast as I've just come out of gym and I'm ravenous for protein.
Quote examples
William Shatner
Canadian Actor
My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.
Quote examples
Nadia Giosia
Canadian Chef
I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat.
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