| a. | 1. | Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; |
| 2. | Eager for prey or gratification; |
| Adj. | 1. | ravenous - extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" |
| 2. | ravenous - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" |