ravening

/ˈɹævənɪŋ/

noun

  1. 1

    Predation (of an animal); voracious eating or consumption.

  2. 2

    Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

adjective

  1. 1

    Voracious and greedy.

    There is no shortage of ravening friends and relatives on the day one hits the lottery.
  2. 2

    Subject to the voracity of a predator.

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