ravenous• After the first spoonful of the thick and satisfyingminestrone, Luce found she was ravenous.• Her small gold watch showed almost noon when she awoke, refreshed and ravenous.• Things always looked better on a full stomach, and right now she was ravenous.• When they awoke on the third morning, they were ravenous.• The boys ran in, ravenous after their game.• He crawls up to her on all fours like a gentle but ravenousbear and begins to nuzzle her.• The normally grass-rich ranges are barren, chewed down to dust by ravenouscattle.• Towards the end he was ravenous for status.• I felt the ravenousspell of the place.
Originravenous
(1400-1500)Old Frenchravineux, from Latinrapere; → RAPE1