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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."
His premise here: Widower Robert Neville, sole survivor of a plague that’s turned everyone else in L.A. into ravening but stupid stalkers, fortifies his house against assault every night, all the while pining for someone to love.
He avoided opportunities to address the ravening reporters.
Even as they have unarguably reaped the benefits of celebrity, both the Sussexes and Anderson have been savaged in the name of public interest, too often fed by ravening paparazzi and an endlessly grinding media mill that takes delight in giving, withholding and demanding payment for that “interest.”
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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