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esurient
adjective as in edacious
adjective as in grabby
adjective as in greedy
Weak matches
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- edacious
- gluttonous
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- gulping
- guzzling
- hoggish
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- piggish
- prehensile
- ravening
- ravenous
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
adjective as in hoggish
adjective as in hungry
adjective as in piggish
Weak matches
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- gluttonous
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- gulping
- guzzling
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
Example Sentences
Has the surfeit of wild and varied musical content available to anyone with a Web browser inadvertently engineered a new breed of omnivorous consumer—esurient, demanding fresh permutations?
Oscar—the amiable, irresponsible, esurient Oscar—with no more sense of a picture than of the fit of a coat, has the courage of the opinions ... of others!
"Oscar—the amiable, irresponsible, esurient Oscar—with no more sense of a picture than of the fit of a coat, has the courage of the opinions ... of others!"
Lowest of all are those whose esurient vanity, acting on a frivolous levity of mind, urges them to make Literature a plaything for display.
"Oscar—the amiable, irresponsible, esurient Oscar—with no more sense of a picture than of the fit of a coat, has the courage of the opinions . . . . of others!"
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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