English-Thai Dictionary

ravenous

ADJ ซึ่ง ตะกละ มาก  ซึ่ง ตะกละ เป็น ที่สุด  bloodthirsty starving sueng-ta-ka-ta-kam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAVENOUS

a. 1. Furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; devouring with rapacious eagerness; as a ravenous wolf, lion or vulture.
2. Eager for prey or gratification; as ravenous appetite or desire.

 

RAVENOUSLY

adv. With raging voracity.

 

RAVENOUSNESS

n.Extreme voracity; rage for prey; as the ravenousness of a lion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAVENOUS

Rav "en *ous, a. Etym: [From 2d Raven. ]

 

1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

 

2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. -- Rav "en *ous *ly, adv. -- Rav "en *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ravenous

rav en ous |ˈravənəs ˈræv (ə )nəs | ▶adjective extremely hungry. • (of hunger or need ) very great; voracious: a ravenous appetite. DERIVATIVES rav en ous ly adverb, rav en ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage ’ (see raven 2 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ravenous

rav ¦en |ous |ˈrav (ə )nəs | ▶adjective extremely hungry: I'd been out all day and was ravenous. • (of hunger or need ) very great; voracious: a ravenous appetite. DERIVATIVES ravenously adverb, ravenousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage ’ (see raven 2 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ravenous

ravenous adjective 1 I'm absolutely ravenous: very hungry, starving, famished; rare esurient. 2 her ravenous appetite: voracious, insatiable; greedy, gluttonous; literary insatiate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ravenous

ravenous adjective 1 I'm absolutely ravenous —I missed lunch: very hungry, starving, starved, famished; informal with one's stomach cleaving to one's backbone; rare sharp-set, esurient. ANTONYMS full. 2 her ravenous appetite: voracious, insatiable, ravening, wolfish; greedy, gluttonous, gannet-like; literary insatiate; rare edacious.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ravenous

rav en ous /rǽv (ə )nəs /形容詞 〈人 動物が 〉極度に空腹な, 飢えている (starving ).～ly 副詞