ravening
adjective
1. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- ravening wolves
Similar word(s): aggressive, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous
2. excessively greedy and grasping
- ravening creditors
Similar word(s): acquisitive, rapacious, voracious
3. devouring or craving food in great quantities
- ravenous as wolves
Similar word(s): gluttonous, edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
Sentences with ravening as an adjective:
- There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.
noun
1. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.