Devouring
Devouring adjective - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous.
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Synonyms for Devouring
Rapacious and devouring are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rapacious" instead an adjective "Devouring".
Rapacious
Rapacious adjective - Having a huge appetite.
Usage example: nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor
Devouring and rapacious are semantically related. You can use "Devouring" instead an adjective "Rapacious".
Nearby Words: rapacity, rapaciously
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Related pairs
- greedy and devouring
- greedy and rapacious
- covetous and devouring
- covetous and rapacious
- acquisitive and devouring
- acquisitive and rapacious
- avid and devouring
- avid and rapacious
- avaricious and devouring
- avaricious and rapacious
- grasping and devouring
- grasping and rapacious
- starved and devouring
- starved and rapacious
Both words in one sentence
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This reputation bled over into fiction where wolves were portrayed as nasty, savage and rapacious predators seemingly bent on devouring everyone they could.
Source: Savage Wolves
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