Ravenous and Vicious

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Ravenous adjective - Having a huge appetite.

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Vicious and ravenous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vicious" instead an adjective "Ravenous".

Nearby Words: ravening, raven, ravenously

Vicious adjective - Violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition.

Usage example: a vicious dog that has already bitten several people

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Ravenous and vicious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ravenous" instead an adjective "Vicious".

Nearby Word: viciously

In perhaps the most graphic form of Kick the Dog, writers often display how vicious, ravenous, or just plain evil a predatory species is, by having the strong among them literally prey upon the weak.

Source: Monstrous Cannibalism

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