esurient, adj.
devouring or craving food in great quantities
<adj.all>
edacious esurient rapacious ravening ravenous voracious wolfish
sample sentences
"edacious vultures""a rapacious appetite"
"ravenous as wolves"
"voracious sharks"
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(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
<adj.all> (a)
avid devouring esurient greedy
sample sentences
"avid for adventure""an avid ambition to succeed"
"fierce devouring affection"
"the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"
"greedy for fame"
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extremely hungry
<adj.all>
esurient famished ravenous sharp-set starved
sample sentences
"they were tired and famished for food and sleep""a ravenous boy"
"the family was starved and ragged"
"fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
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