ravenously
With desperate hunger
Ravenously means with extreme hunger or voracious appetite: She ate ravenously after the long hike.
The word extends to any consuming eagerness or greed: He ravenously devoured every book on the subject.
The intensity suggests desperation—not just wanting something, but craving it urgently.
Intensely and sincerely felt
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
vehement · eagerly · voraciously · furiously · fiercely · wildly · greedily · hungrily
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
grasping · insatiability · greedily · selfishly · rapaciously · avaricious · covetous · mercenary
fervent
Intensely and sincerely felt
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
fiery · vehement · eagerly · voraciously · furiously · fiercely · wildly · greedily · hungrily · intensely
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
hoarding · grasping · insatiability · greedily · selfishly · rapaciously · avaricious · covetous · mercenary · possessiveness
famished
Intensely, painfully hungry
- starvedSuffering extreme hunger
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
devouring · wolfish · gobbling · gorging · guzzling · feasting · hungry · parched · craving · pangs
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
craving · needy · clamoring · restless · anxious · eager · impatient · burning · obsessive · compulsive
ravenouslyindifferently
Without preference or concern
disinterestedly · apathetically · dispassionately · unenthusiastically · half-heartedly
ravenouslydaintily
In a graceful way
delicately · sparingly · moderately · fastidiously · primly
ravenouslyabstemiously
With self-imposed moderation
sparingly · generously · temperately · moderately · frugally
- ravenous hungerExtreme, urgent need to eat