voraciousness
Relentless consuming desire
Voraciousness is the quality of being voracious—having an insatiable appetite or eagerness.
It applies to literal hunger the voraciousness of teenage boys at a buffet and to intense enthusiasm for anything: She approached the reading list with characteristic voraciousness.
The word emphasizes the consuming, relentless nature of the desire.
Need for nourishment
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
gorging · devouring · gobbling · feasting · overeating · insatiable · wolfish · piggish
Intense eager enjoyment
- zealIntense driving devotion
- avidityIntense keen interest
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
passion · hunger · thirst · ambition · intensity · keenness · dedication · relentlessness
Desire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- cupidityEager desire for riches
materialism · hoarding · grasping · insatiability · excess · accumulation · exploitation · self-interest
hunger
Need for nourishment
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
gluttony · gorging · devouring · gobbling · feasting · overeating · insatiable · wolfish · piggish · consuming
enthusiasm
Intense eager enjoyment
fervor · passion · hunger · thirst · ambition · intensity · keenness · dedication · relentlessness · drive
acquisitiveness
Desire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
cupidity · materialism · hoarding · grasping · insatiability · excess · accumulation · exploitation · self-interest · gluttony
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- greedgreed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, materialism
- cravingscraving, cravings, food craving, salt craving, hunger
voraciousnesssatiety
State of being full
anorexia · indifference · apathy · disinterest · fullness
voraciousnessmoderation
Avoidance of excess
temperance · restraint · self-control · abstinence · abstemiousness
voraciousnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
contentment · liberality · altruism · magnanimity · selflessness
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