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- Dictionaryvo·ra·cious/vəˈrāSHəs/
adjective
- 1. wanting or devouring great quantities of food: "he had a voracious appetite"
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The meaning of VORACIOUS is having a huge appetite : ravenous. How to use voracious in a sentence. Did you know? Veracious or voracious? Synonym Discussion of Voracious.
very eager for something, especially a lot of food: He has a voracious appetite (= he eats a lot). He's a voracious reader of historical novels (= he reads a lot of them eagerly and quickly). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. wanting or needing food. hungry By dinner time we all felt really hungry. starving Is there anything to eat?
Voracious is an adjective used to describe a wolflike appetite. It might be a craving for food or for something else, such as power, but the word usually denotes an unflattering greediness. Voracious comes from the Latin vorāre, "to devour."
very eager for something, especially a lot of food: He has a voracious appetite (= he eats a lot). He's a voracious reader of historical novels (= he reads a lot of them eagerly and quickly). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. wanting or needing food. hungry By dinner time we all felt really hungry.
If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.
Voracious definition: craving or consuming large quantities of food. See examples of VORACIOUS used in a sentence.
Definition of voracious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
wanting to do something a lot, especially wanting to eat a lot of food: She has a voracious appetite. a voracious reader of historical novels. voraciously. adverb. voracity. noun [ U ] uk / vəˈræsəti / us. (Definition of voracious from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of voracious.
voracious in American English. (vɔˈreɪʃəs ; vəˈreɪʃəs ) adjective. 1. greedy in eating; devouring or eager to devour large quantities of food; ravenous; gluttonous. 2. very greedy or eager in some desire or pursuit; insatiable. a voracious reader. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Define voracious. voracious synonyms, voracious pronunciation, voracious translation, English dictionary definition of voracious. adj. 1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous. 2. Having or marked by a strong desire for an activity or pursuit: a voracious...
