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VORACIOUS
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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:
voraciousness (extreme gluttony)
voraciousness (excessive desire to eat)
voracity (extreme gluttony)
voracity (excessive desire to eat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Excessively greedy and grasping
Example:
paying taxes to voracious governments
Synonyms:
rapacious; ravening; voracious
Classified under:
Similar:
acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)
Derivation:
voraciousness (an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts))
