ravening
Wildly seeking prey
Ravening describes fierce, predatory hunger—the ravenous pursuit of prey or sustenance.
The word appears most often with wolves or other predators: ravening wolves descended on the flock.
It can extend to greedy or rapacious behavior in humans: ravening hordes, ravening ambition.
The word is literary and somewhat archaic, carrying a biblical or mythic tone.
Extremely eager to consume
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
devouring · gorging · wolfing · gulping · consuming · craving · unquenchable · greedy
Pursuing wild game
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- prowlingMoving stealthily while hunting
- pouncingLeaping to attack
- preyAnimal being hunted
predation · wolfish · pack · fangs · claws · carnivorous · ambush · lurking
Fierce and untamed
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- bloodthirstyEager to kill
fierce · pitiless · ruthless · violent · frenzied · unrelenting · wild · untamed
Forcible theft during conflict
- plunderingForcible taking of goods
- lootingTheft during disorder
- maraudingRoving to plunder
- despoilingForcibly stripping of possessions
ransacking · ravaging · laying waste · devastating · raiding · sacking · stripping · ruining
voracious
Extremely eager to consume
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
gluttonous · devouring · gorging · wolfing · gulping · consuming · craving · unquenchable · greedy · feasting
hunting
Pursuing wild game
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- prowlingMoving stealthily while hunting
- pouncingLeaping to attack
prey · predation · wolfish · pack · fangs · claws · carnivorous · ambush · lurking · pursuit
savage
Fierce and untamed
bloodthirsty · fierce · pitiless · ruthless · violent · frenzied · unrelenting · wild · untamed · barbaric
pillaging
Forcible theft during conflict
- plunderingForcible taking of goods
- lootingTheft during disorder
- maraudingRoving to plunder
despoiling · ransacking · ravaging · laying waste · devastating · raiding · sacking · stripping · ruining · depredation
raveninggentle
Soft and kind
peaceful · calm · nonaggressive · unaggressive · meek
raveningabstemious
Practicing restraint with indulgences
temperate · moderate · restrained · disciplined · ascetic
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