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  1. predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturousadjective

    living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

    "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

    Synonyms:
    wolfish, rapacious, marauding, vulturine, predacious, raptorial, esurient, ravenous, voracious, edacious, predaceous, predatory, raiding, vulturous

    Antonyms:
    nonaggressive, unaggressive, abstemious, unacquisitive

  2. rapacious, ravening, voraciousadjective

    excessively greedy and grasping

    "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"

    Synonyms:
    wolfish, rapacious, vulturine, raptorial, esurient, ravenous, voracious, edacious, predatory, vulturous

    Antonyms:
    nonaggressive, abstemious, unaggressive, unacquisitive

  3. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfishadjective

    devouring or craving food in great quantities

    "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"

    Synonyms:
    esurient, wolflike, starved, famished, vulturous, sharp-set, rapacious, greedy, raptorial, predatory, edacious, voracious, ravenous, wolfish, avid, devouring(a), vulturine

    Antonyms:
    unacquisitive, nonaggressive, abstemious, unaggressive

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  1. raveningadjective

    Synonyms:
    RAVENOUS

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  1. raveningadjective

    Synonyms:
    rapacious, insatiable, predatory, ferocious

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How to use ravening in a sentence?

  1. Jesus:

    Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits.


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