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WOLFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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:

Adjectives

Similar:

gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf

Example:

wolfish rapacity

Synonyms:

wolfish; wolflike

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)

Credits

 Context examples: 

His wolfish appearance caught their eyes at once, and they pointed him out to one another.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Down the frozen waterway toiled a string of wolfish dogs.

(White Fang, by Jack London)