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ESURIENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Devouring or craving food in great quantities
Example:
voracious sharks
Synonyms:
edacious; esurient; rapacious; ravening; ravenous; voracious; wolfish
Classified under:
Similar:
gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)
Derivation:
esurience (extreme gluttony)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(often followed by 'for') ardently or excessively desirous
Example:
greedy for fame
Synonyms:
avid; devouring; esurient; greedy
Classified under:
Similar:
desirous; wishful (having or expressing desire for something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Extremely hungry
Example:
fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
Synonyms:
esurient; famished; ravenous; sharp-set; starved
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
hungry (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food)
Derivation:
esurience (excessive desire to eat)
