RAVENOUS Meaning of RAVENOUS in English adj. 1 very hungry, famished. 2 (of hunger, eagerness, etc., or of an animal) voracious. 3 rapacious. ravenously adv. ravenousness n.[ ME f. OF ravineus (as RAVEN(2)) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012