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Synonyms for ravening in English

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ravening:
- voracious; ravenous; rapacious; wolfish; esurient; ravening; edacious; predatory; vulturine; vulturous; raptorial

English

Detailed Synonyms for ravening in English

ravening:

ravening adj

ravening

– devouring or craving food in great quantities ¹
voracious; ravenous; rapacious; wolfish; esurient; ravening; edacious
– devouring or craving food in great quantities ¹
- voracious adj
  - voracious sharks¹
- ravenous adj
  - ravenous as wolves¹
- rapacious adj
  - a rapacious appetite¹
- wolfish adj
- esurient adj
- ravening adj
- edacious adj
  - edacious vultures¹
ravening

– excessively greedy and grasping ¹
voracious; rapacious; ravening
– excessively greedy and grasping ¹
- voracious adj
  - paying taxes to voracious governments¹
- rapacious adj
  - a rapacious divorcee on the prowl¹
- ravening adj
  - ravening creditors¹
ravening

– living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey ¹
predatory; rapacious; vulturine; ravening; vulturous; raptorial
– living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey ¹
- predatory adj
  - a predatory bird¹
- rapacious adj
  - the rapacious wolf¹
- vulturine adj
  - a vulturine taste for offal¹
- ravening adj
  - ravening wolves¹
- vulturous adj
- raptorial adj
  - raptorial birds¹

Alternate Synonyms for "ravening":

predatory; rapacious; raptorial; vulturine; vulturous; aggressive
voracious; acquisitive
edacious; esurient; ravenous; wolfish; gluttonous

Related Definitions for "ravening":

devouring or craving food in great quantities¹
excessively greedy and grasping¹
- ravening creditors¹
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey¹
- ravening wolves¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University