ravenousness

noun

Definition of ravenousnessnext
as in rapacity

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  1. rapacity
  2. voracity
  3. stomach
  4. hunger
  5. malnutrition
  6. starvation
Noun
  • Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.
    Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
  • Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
Definition of rapacity
Noun
  • Look at its crazy voracity for naked flesh, the provocative conditions and licentiousness in literature, art and the media… on top of the deteriorating morality and societal decadence that started to threaten every soul, every family, every gathering.
    Eric Trager, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2014
  • The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.
    Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of voracity
Noun
  • In a state of unimaginable desperation, Islam and his family would also turn to water, gulping it in desperate attempts to fill their stomachs.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • This can result in upset stomach, nausea, and stomach pain.
    Rosanna Sutherby, PharmD, Verywell Health, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of stomach
Noun
  • My prediction is that the Celtics will win back-to-back titles and not have the same hunger to begin next season.
    James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Humanitarian aid dwindles, prices soar, and hunger tightens its grip.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of hunger
Noun
  • Widespread malnutrition after a year of dwindling food supplies is another factor making this winter deadly.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The researchers also observed signs on the bones that the child was suffering from a disease around the time of death—possibly scurvy—or malnutrition.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of malnutrition
Noun
  • Joshua Zeman’s documentary chronicles the courageous efforts to save them, first from starvation, then via transport to new homes.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The violence has killed at least 60,000 people, according to a report issued in November by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group, and more than half the country faces starvation.
    Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of starvation
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