English adjective: ravening | |||
1. | ravening living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | ||
Samples | A predatory bird. The rapacious wolf. Raptorial birds. Ravening wolves. A vulturine taste for offal. | ||
Synonyms | predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous | ||
Similar | aggressive | ||
Antonyms | nonaggressive, unaggressive | ||
2. | ravening excessively greedy and grasping | ||
Samples | A rapacious divorcee on the prowl. Ravening creditors. Paying taxes to voracious governments. | ||
Synonyms | rapacious, voracious | ||
Similar | acquisitive | ||
Antonyms | unacquisitive | ||
3. | ravening devouring or craving food in great quantities | ||
Samples | Edacious vultures. A rapacious appetite. Ravenous as wolves. Voracious sharks. | ||
Synonyms | edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish | ||
Similar | gluttonous | ||
Antonyms | abstemious | ||