Definitions for ravenous

ravenous rav·en·ous

Spelling: [rav-uh-nuh s]
IPA: /ˈræv ə nəs/

Ravenous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 349 anagrams from letters in ravenous (aenorsuv).

Definitions for ravenous

adjective

  1. extremely hungry; famished; voracious:
  2. extremely rapacious:
  3. intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.

Origin of ravenous

1350-1400; Middle English Old French ravineus, equivalent to ravin(er) to raven2 + -eus -ous

Examples for ravenous

It was an irresistible feast for ravenous culture warriors on both sides.

And he cried so loud, he had wakened up so ravenous, that she decided to nurse him again.

Joseph is as greedy and as ravenous as Lucien, but not so frank or indiscreet.

It was like throwing a pack of ravenous dogs a side of raw meat.

A voracious reader, and a ravenous consumer of all media, Brown has always been able to talk a good game.

Today, as our ravenous offspring turns 2, Ms. Brown sits down and subjects herself to another grilling.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and we were all ravenous.

In a moment the prey was torn to bits by the ravenous monsters.

The colonel had to eat, in vying admiration of Jeff, ravenous from his day's walk.

Franco, the perpetual and ravenous learner, would get straight A's from any of those teachers.

Word Value for ravenous
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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