ravenousness
Insatiable appetite state
Ravenousness is extreme, desperate hunger—the state of being so hungry that restraint disappears.
The word extends beyond food to any voracious appetite: the ravenousness of his ambition, She read with a ravenousness that emptied library shelves.
It suggests not just wanting but needing, with an edge of wildness.
Intensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- pangsSudden sharp sensations
appetite · cravings · famine · malnourished · emaciated · gaunt · underfed · undernourished
Greedy excess in consumption
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- wolfishResembling a wild canine
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
- greedyExcessively wanting more
piggish · guzzling · gorging · gobbling · overeating · gourmandizing · binging · feasting
Powerful urge to have
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- hungerNeed for nourishment
thirsting · aching · neediness · desperation · obsession · covetousness · lust · wanting
Intense emotional intensity
- zealIntense driving devotion
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- passionIntense emotional drive
- vehemenceForceful emotional passion
fierceness · ferocity · urgency · desperation · obsession · compulsion · insistence · relentlessness
famished
Intensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
pangs · appetite · cravings · famine · malnourished · emaciated · gaunt · underfed · undernourished · hollow
gluttony
Greedy excess in consumption
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- wolfishResembling a wild canine
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
greedy · piggish · guzzling · gorging · gobbling · overeating · gourmandizing · binging · feasting · acquisitive
craving
Powerful urge to have
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
hunger · thirsting · aching · neediness · desperation · obsession · covetousness · lust · wanting · desire
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
vehemence · fierceness · ferocity · urgency · desperation · obsession · compulsion · insistence · relentlessness · drive
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- cravingscraving, cravings, food craving, salt craving, hunger
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- horrorshorror, dread, terror, fright, dreadfulness
ravenousnesssatiation
State of complete fulfillment
fullness · satiety · repletion · satisfaction · peckishness
ravenousnessmoderation
Avoidance of excess
temperance · restraint · abstemiousness · self-control · frugality
raven, ravine, surreptitious, rapture, voracious, ravenous, ravens, rapacious, ravening