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PRONUNCIATION OF VORACIOUSNESS

voraciousness  [vəˈreɪʃəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VORACIOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Voraciousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VORACIOUSNESS


ambitiousness
æmˈbɪʃəsnəs
auspiciousness
ɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
capriciousness
kəˈprɪʃəsnəs
deliciousness
dɪˈlɪʃəsnəs
efficaciousness
ˌefɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
expeditiousness
ˌekspɪˈdɪʃəsnəs
fictitiousness
fɪkˈtɪʃəsnəs
flagitiousness
fləˈdʒɪʃəsnəs
flirtatiousness
flɜːˈteɪʃəsnəs
inauspiciousness
ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
inefficaciousness
ˌɪnefɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
injudiciousness
ˌɪndʒʊˈdɪʃəsnəs
maliciousness
məˈlɪʃəsnəs
perspicaciousness
ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
repetitiousness
ˌrepɪˈtɪʃəsnəs
salaciousness
səˈleɪʃəsnəs
seditiousness
sɪˈdɪʃəsnəs
ungraciousness
ˈʌnˈɡreɪʃəsnəs
veraciousness
vɛˈreɪʃəsnəs
vivaciousness
vɪˈveɪʃəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VORACIOUSNESS

voracious
voraciously
voracity
voraginous
vorago
vorant
Vorarlberg
Vorlage
Voronezh
Voroshilov
Voroshilovgrad
Voroshilovsk
vorpal
Vorster
vortex
vortex drag
vortex ring
vortex shedding
vortex street
vortical

WORDS THAT END LIKE VORACIOUSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of voraciousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «voraciousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VORACIOUSNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

voraciousness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voracidad
570 millions of speakers

English

voraciousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

voraciousness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدردورية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жадность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voracidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

voraciousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voracité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekosongan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unersättlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

voraciousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

voraciousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Voraciousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

voraciousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

voraciousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधाशीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

voraciousness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

voracità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

voraciousness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жадібність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

voraciousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδηφαγία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voraciousness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

voraciousness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

voraciousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of voraciousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VORACIOUSNESS»

The term «voraciousness» is used very little and occupies the 165.079 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VORACIOUSNESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VORACIOUSNESS»

Discover the use of voraciousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to voraciousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reflections on Gluttony
The glutton can also transfer his voraciousness, albeit in reduced measure, to other targets: He can ingest exquisite art in museums. He can listen to music, play chess, or become a good conversationalist. He can become an avid listener to ...
Konrad Kellen, 2001
2
Religion, Work, and Inequality
Katz-Gerro and Sullivan (2010) identified and classified voraciousness as a measure of the range and frequency of leisure participation. The term depicts a culturally active lifestyle, a tendency to seek diverse experiences, and a plentiful  ...
Lisa Keister, Roger Finke, John McCarthy, 2012
3
A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the ...
He has chosen the Pike, although a fresh Water Fish, as most like the Size and Voraciousness of the Lupur. 32. Captu: bien] Mr. Sanadon imagines, that Horace would shew the Voraciousness of this Fish by the Word biere; or intended, with a  ...
Horace, 1749
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The Mark of the Beast: The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, ...
Voraciousness, like lust, is a serious sin because it expresses a fundamental carnality from which the faithful strive to escape. In other words, the spiritual sin of voraciousness in the bestiaries is yet another disguise for animality. In addition to  ...
Debra Hassig, 2013
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Therapists Use of Self in Family Therapy
Perhaps an individual is threatened by his voraciousness because there is a feared possibility of becoming one with the environment through emotional consumption of others, with a consequent loss of individual identity. This voraciousness is ...
Daniel Bochner, 2000
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The Four Generations: Why You Do the Things You Do!
THE. CHOLERICS'. VORACIOUSNESS. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.” (Proverbs 30: 14) “Ye have heard that it hath been ...
Ayokunle Adeleye, 2010
7
That Was Then, This Is Now
Companion to The Outsiders, That Was Then, This is Now is S. E. Hinton?s moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart.
S. E. Hinton, 2012
8
Manual of homoeopathic medicine
Cina, when there are at the same time, vcrmiculous affections, paleness of the face, emaciation, great voraciousness and incontinence of urine. Conium, against: Enlargement and indention of the glands; herpes ; ophthalmia ; photophobia ...
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, 1841
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The clinical guide: or, Pocket-repertory for the treatment ...
Cnina : Emaciation, especially of the hands and feet ; cEdematous swelling of the abdomen ; voraciousness ; diarrhoea, especially at night, with discharge of undigested food, or copious whitish and papescent stools; copious sweats, ...
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, 1850
10
The Hedaya, Or Guide: a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws: ...
It is, however, related as an opinion of Aboo Y'oosajf, that tigers and bears are excepted, as neither of them hunt for others,-the tiger because of his ferocity, and the bear because of his voraciousness. Some of the kite tribe have likewise been  ...
'Abu-l-Hasan Burhan-al-din 'Ali ibn 'Abi Bakr al-Marginani, Charles Hamilton, Yahya Gulam, 1791

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VORACIOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term voraciousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hilary Liftin Reveals Secrets of a Celebrity Ghostwriter
We consume Hollywood gossip with such voraciousness that Hilary Liftin, a ghostwriter of celebrity memoirs, has penned a fake one appealing to our insatiable ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
2
A $400 Million Gift, and Accompanying Scrutiny
Boston Globe columnist Steven Syre argued that Paulson's gift and the “sheer voraciousness of the Harvard money machine... shines an unflattering spotlight on ... «Harvard Crimson, Jul 15»
3
$400 million gift to Harvard highlights higher ed wealth gap
But the Paulson gift — and the sheer voraciousness of the Harvard money machine —- shines an unflattering spotlight on the wealth gap in higher education ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
4
Georges Simenon: the Maigret creator bedded 10000 women but …
His energy in the study, where he wrote hundreds of books, was matched only by his voraciousness in the bedroom, where he claimed to have slept with 10,000 ... «The Times, May 15»
5
Infiniti brings Vision GT concept into the real world
Long smooth curves, for example, run from front to rear giving a sense of elegance, while huge wheels and a cavernous front grille give a look of voraciousness. «Gizmag, Apr 15»
6
A Long, Strange Group Show Trip
... work, as it blends romantic despair (some with the urgency of comedy) with bitter self-loathing; inner melodramatic voraciousness with overwhelming scale. «Hyperallergic, Dec 14»
7
How Freaky Are the American Horror Story Freaks Actually?
It's the voraciousness with which she clings to the idea of stardom, using her "monsters" to desperately try and get her that spotlight after so many years, that will ... «TV Guide, Oct 14»
8
14 Great Movies That Cashed In On Best-Sellers
... books with an unmatched voraciousness, and attending the film adaptations of said books in droves. How much money did The Hunger Games make again? «Crave Online, Oct 14»
9
Subversive Sleep
... that we spend asleep, freed from a morass of simulated needs, subsists as one of the great human affronts to the voraciousness of contemporary capitalism. «First Things, Jul 14»
10
The art of focusing
So that one is trying to contain a voraciousness in a very specific, limited, narrowed way. … An appetite is fearful because it connects you with the world in very ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Voraciousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/voraciousness>. Apr 2024 ».
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