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ravenous

rav·en·ous

ravenous

 
 
pronunciation:
rae v ns
part of speech: adjective
definition: very hungry; starved.
I was ravenous after hiking in the woods all day.
synonyms:
famished, starved, starving
similar words:
desperate, hungry
derivations: ravenously (adv.), ravenousness (n.)