SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
ravenous
adjective
Extremely hungry; figuratively, intensely eager to obtain something.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Extremely hungry
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Usage distinction
Return to topRavenous can be figurative, as in an appetite for information. Starving can describe a literal dangerous lack of food; eager is much milder.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See ravenous in use
After the long walk, the group arrived ravenous and ready for lunch.
A companion is ravenous for news of the missing crew, urgently seeking every available report rather than expressing literal hunger in that phrase.
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