I awoke this morning at the crack of dawn, only to find that the crops had been ruined by ravenous birds.
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Ravenous
//ˈɹævənəs//
Synonyms for "ravenous" (112 found)
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Related words (56)
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πρόσπεινος adj (very hungry)
- ὀξύπεινος adj (very hungry)
Breton
1 entries- lontek adj (very hungry)
Bulgarian
3 entries- грабителски adj (eager for prey or gratification)
- ла́ком adj (very hungry)
- хищен adj (eager for prey or gratification)
Catalan
2 entries- famèlic adj (very hungry)
- voraç adj (very hungry)
Czech
1 entries- vyhladovělý adj (very hungry)
Dutch
1 entries- uitgehongerd adj (very hungry)
Esperanto
1 entries- englutema adj (very hungry)
Finnish
2 entries- ahne adj (eager for prey or gratification)
- sudennälkäinen adj (very hungry)
French
3 entries- affamé adj (very hungry)
- avide adj (eager for prey or gratification)
- vorace adj (very hungry)
Galician
2 entries- esfameado adj (very hungry)
- famento adj (very hungry)
Georgian
1 entries- მძარცველური adj (very hungry)
German
3 entries- ausgehungert adj (very hungry)
- gefräßig adj (very hungry)
- heißhungrig adj (very hungry)
Greek
1 entries- λιμασμένος adj (very hungry)
Hungarian
2 entries- falánk adj (very hungry)
- farkaséhes adj (very hungry)
Ido
1 entries- devorema adj (very hungry)
Interlingua
1 entries- devorante adj (very hungry)
Irish
3 entries- aimirneach adj (very hungry)
- cíocrach adj (very hungry)
- gionach adj (very hungry)
Italian
3 entries- affamato adj (very hungry)
- famelico adj (very hungry)
- vorace adj (very hungry)
Kalasha
1 entries- yazid adj (very hungry)
Latin
1 entries- vorax adj (very hungry)
Māori
3 entries- pakaroa adj (very hungry)
- warawara adj (very hungry)
- whakapakari adj (very hungry)
Occitan
1 entries- famelic adj (very hungry)
Old English
1 entries- grǣdiġ adj (very hungry)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اوبور adj (very hungry)
- قورساقسز adj (very hungry)
Polish
2 entries- zachłanny adj (very hungry)
- żarłoczny adj (very hungry)
Portuguese
4 entries- faminto adj (very hungry)
- famélico adj (very hungry)
- guloso adj (very hungry)
- sedento adj (very hungry)
Romanian
2 entries- flămând adj (very hungry)
- vorace adj (very hungry)
Russian
1 entries- изголодавшийся adj (very hungry)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- craosach adj (very hungry)
- gionach adj (very hungry)
- gionach adj (eager for prey or gratification)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- halapljiv adj (very hungry)
- proždrljiv adj (very hungry)
- прождрљив adj (very hungry)
- халапљив adj (very hungry)
Spanish
2 entries- angurriento adj (very hungry)
- ávido de presa adj (eager for prey or gratification)
Swedish
1 entries- svulten adj (very hungry)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ненаже́рливий adj (very hungry)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
She has a ravenous craving for chocolate.
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He was as ravenous as a bear.
Source: tatoeba (2724484)
Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.
Source: tatoeba (7925660)
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