Ravening
adjective
Very hungry or greedy for food.
After a whole day without food, the hiker was a ravening beast eager for a meal.
Often appears as...
- ravening beast
- ravening hunger
adjective
Showing wild violence or rage.
The ravening mob destroyed everything in its path.
Often appears as...
- ravening mob
- ravening attack
adjective
Very hungry or greedy for food.
After a whole day without food, the hiker was a ravening beast eager for a meal.
Often appears as...
- ravening beast
- ravening hunger
adjective
Showing wild violence or rage.
The ravening mob destroyed everything in its path.
Often appears as...
- ravening mob
- ravening attack
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Hunger
Indicates an extreme level of hunger, more intense than just being hungry.
Lost in the woods, they felt a ravening need for food.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used to describe intense desires, not just for food but also metaphorically for other cravings.
He had a ravening appetite for success.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of control.
Her ravening consumption of the chocolates was frowned upon.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Hunger
Indicates an extreme level of hunger, more intense than just being hungry.
Lost in the woods, they felt a ravening need for food.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used to describe intense desires, not just for food but also metaphorically for other cravings.
He had a ravening appetite for success.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of control.
Her ravening consumption of the chocolates was frowned upon.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity of Hunger
Indicates an extreme level of hunger, more intense than just being hungry.
Lost in the woods, they felt a ravening need for food.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Often used to describe intense desires, not just for food but also metaphorically for other cravings.
He had a ravening appetite for success.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of control.
Her ravening consumption of the chocolates was frowned upon.
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Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.
Quote examples
Amy Lowell
American Poet
Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.
Quote examples
Amy Lowell
American Poet
Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
Example 1 of 2
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