Definitions for voracious

voracious vo·ra·cious

Spelling: [vaw-rey-shuh s, voh-, vuh-]
IPA: /vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ-, və-/

Voracious is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 313 anagrams from letters in voracious (acioorsuv).

Definitions for voracious

adjective

  1. craving or consuming large quantities of food:
  2. exceedingly eager or avid:

Origin of voracious

First recorded in 1625-35; voraci(ty) + -ous

Examples for voracious

The sexual appetites of the popes were often just as voracious.

Some of these voracious kinds have been caught with the remains of six white-fish in them.

The gods were voracious as wolves, and the victims as numerous.

The voracious fans tore it to pieces and “shock rock” was born.

There are enough and to spare even for Fouquier-Tinvillle's voracious appetite.

Because the federal government has become so ubiquitous and voracious, there seems to be no negotiating with its size and scope.

The wolves were so voracious because they had not eaten for several days.

I was grateful I could supplement my voracious reading with other media, as it kept me feeling current.

So, if his father was like that, and Cumming shares his voracious sexual appetite, how does he behave differently?

He was voracious at the supper-table, and that made the landlady no kinder to him.

Word Value for voracious
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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