English-Thai Dictionary

voracious

ADJ ตะกละ  ที่ กิน อาหาร มาก  greedy ravenous ta-ka

 

voracious

ADJ ที่ ต้องการ อย่างมาก  ti-tong-kan-yang-mak

 

voracious

ADJ ที่ หิว มาก  ที่ ต้องการ อาหาร มาก  ravenous ti-hil-mak

 

voraciously

ADV อย่าง ต้องการ มาก  อย่าง ตะกละ  yang-tong-kan-mak

 

voraciousness

N ความโลภ  greediness kwam-lob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VORACIOUS

a.[L. vorax, from voro, to devour; Heb. to clear away, to consume; Gr. food. ] 1. Greedy for eating; ravenous; very hungry; as a voracious man or appetite.
2. Rapacious; eager to devour; as voracious animals.
3. Ready to swallow up; as a voracious gulf or whirlpool.

 

VORACIOUSLY

adv. With greedy appetite; ravenously.

 

VORACIOUSNESS

n.Greediness of appetite; ravenousness; eagerness to devour; rapaciousness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VORACIOUS

Vo *ra "cious, a. Etym: [L. vorax, -acis, fr. vorare to devour; akin to Gr. gar. Cf. Devour. ]

 

Defn: Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo *ra "cious *ly, adv. -- Vo *ra "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

voracious

vo ra cious |vəˈrāSHəs vəˈreɪʃəs | ▶adjective wanting or devouring great quantities of food: he had a voracious appetite. • having a very eager approach to an activity: his voracious reading of literature. DERIVATIVES vo ra cious ly adverb, vo ra cious ness noun, vo rac i ty |-ˈrasitē |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin vorax, vorac- (from vorare ‘devour ’) + -ious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

voracious

voracious |vəˈreɪʃəs | ▶adjective wanting or devouring great quantities of food: a voracious appetite. • engaging in an activity with great eagerness or enthusiasm: she's a voracious reader. DERIVATIVES voraciously adverb, voraciousness noun, voracity |vəˈrasɪti |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin vorax, vorac- (from vorare ‘devour ’) + -ious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

voracious

voracious adjective her voracious appetite: insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious; enthusiastic, eager, keen, avid, desirous, hungry, ravenous; informal piggish; rare esurient.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

voracious

voracious adjective boxer dogs have voracious appetites: insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, omnivorous, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious; enthusiastic, eager, keen, avid, desirous, craving, hungry, ravenous, ravening, wolfish; informal piggish, hoggish, swinish, gutsy; Brit. informal gannet-like; rare insatiate, edacious, esurient.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

voracious

vo ra cious /vəréɪʃəs, vɔ -/形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 がつがつと食う, 大食の, 暴食する ▸ a voracious appetite 旺盛 （おうせい ）な食欲 .2 (欲望 追求などに )飽くことを知らない, 貪欲 （どんよく ）な ▸ a voracious reader 飽くことを知らない読書家 .～ly 副詞 がつがつと, 貪欲に ; 飽くことなく .～ness 名詞