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ravening
adjective as in edacious
adjective as in famished
adjective as in ferocious
adjective as in gluttonous
adjective as in greedy
Weak matches
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- gulping
- guzzling
- hoggish
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- piggish
- prehensile
- ravenous
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
adjective as in piggish
Weak matches
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- gulping
- guzzling
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
adjective as in predatory
adjective as in preying
Weak matches
adjective as in rapacious
adjective as in ravenous
adjective as in savage
Strongest matches
adjective as in unappeasable
adjective as in voracious
Example Sentences
If you believe he's the second coming, mind your Matthew 7:15: "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
He avoided opportunities to address the ravening reporters.
It’s a beautiful, unthreatening creature because in this movie — as in “The Night of the Hunter,” which references “ravening wolves” in sheep’s clothing — the gravest menace is people.
Welcome to Raccoon City is a gory mess of dismemberment, accidental self-immolation, and ravening zombie mobs, and its survivors seem moderately irritated by these developments at best.
Britain’s ravening tabloids have been a bit more circumspect than usual about Harry’s return.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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