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adjective
- 1. wanting or devouring great quantities of food: "a voracious appetite"
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VORACIOUS definition: 1. very eager for something, especially a lot of food: 2. very eager for something, especially a…. Learn more.
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.
If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something.
Definition of voracious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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."
VORACIOUS definition: wanting to do something a lot, especially wanting to eat a lot of food: . Learn more.
Voracious definition: craving or consuming large quantities of food. See examples of VORACIOUS used in a sentence.
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.
Voracious definition: Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.