Associations to the word «Ravening»

Wiktionary

RAVENING, adjective. Voracious and greedy.
RAVENING, noun. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

Dictionary definition

RAVENING, adjective. Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal".
RAVENING, adjective. Excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments".
RAVENING, adjective. Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks".

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