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RAVENOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive desire to eat

Synonyms:

edacity; esurience; ravenousness; voraciousness; voracity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ravenousness" is a kind of...):

hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)

Derivation:

ravenous (devouring or craving food in great quantities)

ravenous (extremely hungry)

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