transcription, транскрипция: [ vȯ-ˈrā-shəs, və- ]
adjective
Etymology: Latin vorac-, vorax, from vorare to devour; akin to Old English ā cweorran to guzzle, Latin gurges whirlpool, Greek bibrōskein to devour
Date: 1635
1. : having a huge appetite : ravenous
2. : excessively eager : insatiable
a voracious reader
• vo·ra·cious·ly adverb
• vo·ra·cious·ness noun
Synonyms:
voracious , gluttonous , ravenous , rapacious mean excessively greedy. voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink
teenagers are often voracious eaters
gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety
an admiral who was gluttonous for glory
ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite
a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion
rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice
rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns