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ravenous

 
Dictionary: rav·en·ous   (răv'ə-nəs) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Extremely hungry; voracious.
  2. Rapacious; predatory.
  3. Greedy for gratification: ravenous for power. See synonyms at voracious.

[Middle English, from Old French ravineux, from raviner, to take by force, from Vulgar Latin *rapīnāre, from Latin rapīna, plunder. See rapine.]

ravenously rav'en·ous·ly adv.
ravenousness rav'en·ous·ness n.
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Artist: Ravenous
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  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Assembled in Blasphemy," "Three on a Meathook," "Blood Delirium"

Biography

Classic death metal drenched in gory lyrics was the basic premise behind the Ravenous -- and no wonder, considering this supergroup featured vocalist Killjoy (Necrophagia, Viking Crown), bassist Dan Lilker (Anthrax, Brutal Truth, Nuclear Assault, S.O.D.), and Autopsy/Abscess alums drummer Chris Reifert and guitarists Danny Coralles and Clint Bower. Formed in 1999, the group recorded a single album entitled Assembled in Blasphemy for Hammerheart Records in 2000. ~ Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide
 
Thesaurus: ravenous
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adjective

  1. Desiring or craving food: famished, hungry, starving, voracious. See ingestion.
  2. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume: edacious, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, voracious. See desire, ingestion.
  3. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit: avid, edacious, gluttonous, greedy, omnivorous, rapacious, unappeasable, voracious. See desire.

 
Antonyms: ravenous
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adj

Definition: very hungry; desirous
Antonyms: full, satisfied


 
Word Tutor: ravenous
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Very hungry. Also: Greedy.

pronunciation Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. — Lao Tzu (c.604-531 BC)

 
Wikipedia: Ravenous (band)
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Ravenous is a synthpop band from Germany. Formed in 1995, it is the first of many projects by Gerrit Thomas, who is more well known for his industrial band Funker Vogt. The music is very different from Funker Vogt, however, relying more on synthpop and clean vocals, although it is not meant to be pure synthpop like Thomas's other project Fictional.

Contents

Members

  • Tim Fockenbrock - Vocals
  • Gerrit Thomas - Programming, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
  • Bjorn Bottcher - Keyboards, Production Credit
  • Kai Schmidt - Lyricist

Albums

  • Mass Mental Cruelty 1996
  • No Retreat and No Surrender 1998
  • Phoenix 2000

Singles

  • Lemmings 1997
  • Silverray 1999
  • Frozen Tears (EP) 2000 (never released)

See also

External links


 
Translations: Ravenous
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hundesulten, grådig

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgehongerd, schrokkerig, heb-/ roofzuchtig

Français (French)
adj. - vorace, affamé, féroce

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ausgehungert, räuberisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ξελιγωμένος, λιμασμένος, πεθαμένος από την πείνα, αχόρταγος, λαίμαργος, (μτφ.) άπληστος

Italiano (Italian)
affamato, ingordo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - voraz

Русский (Russian)
изголодавшийся, жаждущий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - hambriento, voraz

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glupsk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
饿极了的, 狼吞虎咽的, 食肉为生的, 掠夺成性的, 贪婪的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 餓極了的, 狼吞虎咽的, 食肉為生的, 掠奪成性的, 貪婪的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 게걸스럽게 먹는, 굶주린

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - がつがつ食う, 飢えた, むやみにほしがる, 貪欲な, がつがつした

idioms:

  • ravenous appetite    がつがつした食欲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ضاري, نهم, شديد الجوع أو التوق الى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רעב, להוט, זוללני‬


 
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