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ravenous adjective [ ˈrav(ə)nəs ]

• extremely hungry.
• "I'd been out all day and was ravenous"
Similar: very hungry, starving, starved, famished, sharp-set, esurient,
Opposite: full,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French ravineus, from raviner ‘to ravage’ (see raven2).

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