Synonyms for ravenousness
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Antonyms for ravenousness
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The ravenousness of kites shall be destroyed, and the teeth of wolves blunted.
Even the best of women, even the most beautiful, and in their moments of supremest beauty, have this gross ravenousness for facts.
There shall succeed the ass of wickedness, swift against the goldsmiths, but slow against the ravenousness of wolves.
WORD ORIGIN
late 14c., "obsessed with plundering, extremely greedy," from Old French ravinos, of people, "rapacious, violent," of water, "swift-flowing," from raviner "to seize," from ravine "violent rush, robbery" (see ravine). Meaning "voracious, very hungry" is from early 15c. Related: Ravenously; ravenousness.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR RAVENOUSNESS
appetite
noundesire for food, worldly goodsdesire
nounwant, longing- admiration
- ambition
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- attraction
- avidity
- concupiscence
- covetousness
- craving
- craze
- cupidity
- devotion
- doting
- eagerness
- fancy
- fascination
- fervor
- fondness
- frenzy
- greed
- hankering
- hunger
- inclination
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- libido
- liking
- love
- lust
- mania
- motive
- need
- passion
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- ravenousness
- relish
- salacity
- solicitude
- thirst
- urge
- voracity
- will
- wish
- yearning
desires
nounwant, longing- admiration
- ambition
- appetite
- ardor
- aspiration
- attraction
- avidity
- concupiscence
- covetousness
- craving
- craze
- cupidity
- devotion
- doting
- eagerness
- fancy
- fascination
- fervor
- fondness
- frenzy
- greed
- hankering
- hunger
- inclination
- infatuation
- itch
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- libido
- liking
- love
- lust
- mania
- motive
- need
- passion
- predilection
- proclivity
- propensity
- rapaciousness
- rapture
- ravenousness
- relish
- salacity
- solicitude
- thirst
- urge
- voracity
- will
- wish
- yearning
edacity
nounvoracitygreed
nounoverwhelming desire for moreRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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