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It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Meaning of "ravenous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAVENOUS

From Old French ravineux, from Latin rapīna plunder, from rapere to seize.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RAVENOUS

ravenous  [ˈrævənəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAVENOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ravenous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RAVENOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ravenous

Ravenous is a 1999 horror film directed by Antonia Bird and starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones and David Arquette. The film revolves around cannibalism in 1840s California and some elements bear similarities to the story of the Donner Party and that of Alferd Packer. Screenwriter Ted Griffin lists Packer's story, as recounted in a couple of paragraphs of Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man, as one of his inspirations for Carlyle's character. The film's darkly humorous and ironic take on its gruesome subject matter have led some to label it a black comedy. The film's unique score by Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn generated a significant amount of attention. The film's production did not get off to a good start. Original director Milcho Manchevski left the production two weeks after shooting started. He was replaced by Bird at the suggestion of Carlyle.

Definition of ravenous in the English dictionary

The definition of ravenous in the dictionary is famished; starving. Other definition of ravenous is rapacious; voracious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAVENOUS


asynchronous
æˈsɪŋkrənəs
autochthonous
ɔːˈtɒkθənəs
cacophonous
kəˈkɒfənəs
cavernous
ˈkævənəs
collagenous
kəˈlædʒənəs
diaphanous
daɪˈæfənəs
Eridanus
ɛˈrɪdənəs
geosynchronous
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɪŋkrənəs
isochronous
aɪˈsɒkrənəs
leavenous
ˈlɛvənəs
membranous
ˈmɛmbrənəs
monotonous
məˈnɒtənəs
Oceanus
əʊˈsɪənəs
poisonous
ˈpɔɪzənəs
pseudomonas
sjuːˈdɒmənəs
squareness
ˈskweənəs
synchronous
ˈsɪŋkrənəs
tetanus
ˈtɛtənəs
treasonous
ˈtriːzənəs
villainous
ˈvɪlənəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAVENOUS

rave review
rave-up
ravel
raveler
ravelin
ravelled
raveller
ravelling
ravelly
ravelment
raven
raven-haired
ravener
ravening
raveningly
ravenlike
Ravenna
ravenously
ravenousness
raver

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAVENOUS

androgenous
arteriovenous
autogenous
endogenous
erogenous
exogenous
gangrenous
hematogenous
heterogenous
homogenous
indigenous
intravenous
larcenous
molybdenous
myelogenous
nitrogenous
nonindigenous
nous
saphenous
terrigenous
venous

Synonyms and antonyms of ravenous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RAVENOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ravenous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ravenous

Translation of «ravenous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAVENOUS

Find out the translation of ravenous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ravenous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ravenous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贪婪的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hambriento
570 millions of speakers

English

ravenous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिंसक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جائع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прожорливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

morto de fome
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুভুক্ষিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vorace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Marah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heißhungrig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飢えた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몹시 굶주린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ravenous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rất đói
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும்பசி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आक्रमक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yırtıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affamato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żarłoczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зголоднілий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lihnit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιμασμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roofsugtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jättehungrig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrubbsulten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ravenous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAVENOUS»

The term «ravenous» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.355 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAVENOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ravenous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ravenous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ravenous

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5 QUOTES WITH «RAVENOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ravenous.
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Carlo Collodi
A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear.
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Chris Evans
The comic book world is so dangerous, you know what I mean? You say one thing and people - they're ravenous - they are very opinionated fans. But they're great fans.
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Nadia Giosia
I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat.
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Jeffrey Jones
And from my character's point-of-view in ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous, cannibalistic power, and he was making the best of it.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAVENOUS»

Discover the use of ravenous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ravenous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ravenous: The Dark Forgotten
A dark AND sexy paranormal romance? from an exciting debut author Vampires, Werewolves, and other creatures have emerged from the shadows.
Sharon Ashwood, 2009
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Ravenous
How can I, a food lover and lifelong overeater, learn to be satisfied? These are the questions Dayna Macy asks in her debut memoir, Ravenous. Like many of us, Macy has had a complicated relationship with food.
Dayna Macy, 2011
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Ravenous
. . Ravenous As a member of his clan's kill team, Liam McCathal helps rid the world of undesirables. It's the perfect job for a vampire of his talents--except that lately, Liam is getting a little too good at it.
V.K. Forrest, 2012
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Ravenous
And they are doing something much worse than killing and eating people. Nearly twenty-five years ago, Ray Garton reinvented the vampire mythos with his erotic novel Live Girls. Now he has updated the curse of the werewolf in Ravenous.
Ray Garton, 2014
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Ravenous
The Horde Wars - Ravenous By Sherri L King Book 1 in the series The Horde Wars In a small Southern town where everyone knows everybody else's business, Cady Swann has managed to keep a few secrets to herself...among them, the fact that ...
Sherri L. King, 2002
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Ravenous
Aliens that want more than their lives, they also want their blood. Young Adult. This book contains some language, violence, and sexual situations. Recommended for ages fifteen and up. Cover art by www.Ebooklaunch.com
Erica Stevens, 2012
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Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, ...
"The book is as much about nourishment as it is food. Barnes' affection for the fraternity brothers carries the narrative. . . . A heartening memoir of good food and tough love.
Darlene Barnes, 2013
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Ravenous: The Stirring Tale of Teen Love, Loss and Courage
Presents interconnected stories about the members of an eating disorder group as they struggle with their food addictions.
Eve Eliot, 2002
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Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth: A Novel
The latest novel from Orange Prize finalist Xiaolu Guo is the enchantingly comic story of a young Chinese woman's life as a film extra in hyper-modern, tumultuous Beijing.Though twenty-one-year-old Fenfang Wang has traveled 1,800 miles to ...
Xiaolu Guo, 2008
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The Ravenous
Every small town has secrets.
T. M. Gray, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAVENOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ravenous is used in the context of the following news items.
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SOUND OFF World Premiere: Jessica Hendy & More In 'Ravenous
More information on STARMITES at 54 Below is available at the official site here. View the new music video for "Ravenous" from STARMITES at 54 Below below. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Huge black hole wakes up ravenous after decades of slumber
The black hole, which is part of a system called V404 Cygni, is chowing down on its companion star about 8,000 light-years from Earth. It has been more than 20 ... «Mashable, Jun 15»
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Swine & Sons and the Ravenous Pig now open on Mondays
And the Ravenous Pig has always been a Tuesday-Saturday dinner spot (plus Wednesday-Saturday lunch). But beginning June 15, RavPig will be open 4-9:30 ... «Orlando Weekly, Jun 15»
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'Consumed: The Real Restaurant Business' Review: Ravenous for …
What a great show. “Consumed” focuses on five restaurants and their owners, either trying to get a business going, expand it or keep it alive. Filmed like a ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
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The Ravenous Pig sniffing out spots for relocation, expansion
Chef James Petrakis, owner of The Ravenous Pig at 1234 N. Orange Ave. in Winter Park, told Orlando Business Journal that in two or three years the popular, ... «Orlando Business Journal, Apr 15»
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Mercedes reveals ravenous-looking AMG GT3
Mercedes-AMG has unveiled its new GT3 racer. It is an altogether more hedonistic and angry-looking version of its GT sibling, which looks positively sedentary ... «Gizmag, Feb 15»
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Ravenous Randy scoffs an entire 34-piece Ulster fry... in 10 minutes
An American food challenge aficionado has scoffed Belfast's biggest cooked breakfast in just 10 minutes and eight seconds. «Belfast Telegraph, Dec 14»
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'Paranormal Minis' is a New Action Shooter from Ravenous Games
About a year ago, Ravenous Games announced in our forums that they'd once again teamed up with Bulletproof Outlaws, the folks who did the lovely graphics ... «Touch Arcade, Nov 14»
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USA's ravenous $1.5B problem: 5 million wild pigs
(NEWSER) – In the past three decades, wild pigs have been spreading across America like crazy — to the tune of 5 million of the porkers in 39 states. The pigs ... «USA TODAY, Oct 14»
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The Ravenous Pig owners opening new eatery in February 2015
James and Julie Petrakis, chefs/owners of The Ravenous Pig, will open their newest eatery — Swine & Sons Provisions — in February 2015 in Winter Park. «Orlando Business Journal, Oct 14»

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