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ravening

adjective

Devouring or craving food in great quantities

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
R
Ends with
G
Contains
AV
Scrabble score
12
CEFR level
C1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈɹævənɪŋ

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Devouring or craving food in great quantities

    “Edacious vultures”

adjective

  1. Excessively greedy and grasping

    “A rapacious divorcee on the prowl”

adjective

  1. Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

    “A predatory bird”

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Example Sentences

Edacious vultures
A rapacious appetite
Ravenous as wolves
Voracious sharks
A rapacious divorcee on the prowl
Ravening creditors
Paying taxes to voracious governments
A predatory bird
The rapacious wolf
Raptorial birds
Ravening wolves
A vulturine taste for offal

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