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Synonyms for "esurient" in English

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esurient:
- voracious; ravenous; rapacious; wolfish; esurient; ravening; edacious; greedy; avid; devouring; famished; starved; sharp-set

English

Detailed Synonyms for esurient in English

esurient:

esurient adj

esurient

– devouring or craving food in great quantities ¹
voracious; ravenous; rapacious; wolfish; esurient; ravening; edacious
– devouring or craving food in great quantities ¹
- voracious adj
  - voracious sharks¹
- ravenous adj
  - ravenous as wolves¹
- rapacious adj
  - a rapacious appetite¹
- wolfish adj
- esurient adj
- ravening adj
- edacious adj
  - edacious vultures¹
esurient

– (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous ¹
greedy; avid; devouring; esurient
– (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous ¹
- greedy adj
  - greedy for fame¹
- avid adj
  - avid for adventure¹
  - an avid ambition to succeed¹
  - the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity¹
- devouring adj
  - fierce devouring affection¹
- esurient adj
  - the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity¹
esurient

– extremely hungry ¹
ravenous; famished; starved; esurient; sharp-set
– extremely hungry ¹
- ravenous adj
  - a ravenous boy¹
- famished adj
  - they were tired and famished for food and sleep¹
- starved adj
  - the family was starved and ragged¹
- esurient adj
  - fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy¹
- sharp-set adj

Alternate Synonyms for "esurient":

famished; ravenous; sharp-set; starved; hungry
avid; devouring; greedy; desirous; wishful
edacious; rapacious; ravening; voracious; wolfish; gluttonous

Related Definitions for "esurient":

devouring or craving food in great quantities¹
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous¹
- the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity¹
extremely hungry¹
- fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University