ravenous

ravenous is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
2. adjective. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
3. adjective. devouring or craving food in great quantities

   "edacious vultures"

   "a rapacious appetite"

   Synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish

4. adjective. extremely hungry

   "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"

   "a ravenous boy"

   Synonyms: esurient, famished, starved

Synonyms

edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, voracious, wolfish, famished, starved

Common word forms

ravenously, ravenousness

Words from these letters

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