Definitions for ravenous

Overview of adj ravenous

The adj ravenous has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved, esurient

(extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy")

2. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

(devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks")