what does ravening mean?
RAVENING as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
Similar To
- Meaning
- excessively greedy and grasping
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
Similar To
- Meaning
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- a predatory bird
- the rapacious wolf
- raptorial birds
- ravening wolves
- a vulturine taste for offal
Similar To
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