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esurient
adjective
Devouring or craving food in great quantities
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ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt
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adjective
Devouring or craving food in great quantities
“Edacious vultures”
adjective
(often followed by ‘for’) ardently or excessively desirous
“Avid for adventure”
adjective
Extremely hungry
“They were tired and famished for food and sleep”
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Edacious vultures
A rapacious appetite
Ravenous as wolves
Voracious sharks
Avid for adventure
An avid ambition to succeed
Fierce devouring affection
The esurient eyes of an avid curiosity
Greedy for fame
They were tired and famished for food and sleep
A ravenous boy
The family was starved and ragged
Fell into the esurient embrace of a predatory enemy
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