esurient

Meaning

Adj

Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager.

Noun

One who is greedy or hungry.

Synonyms

greedy

ravenous

avid

sharp-set

starved

voracious

rapacious

devouring

edacious

famished

hungry

ravening

wolfish

gluttonous

empty

starving

cormorant

predaceous

empty-bellied

piggy

Translations

voraz

afamat

vorace

faminto

vorace

açgözlü

faminta

vraatzuchtig

affamé

famèlic

rapace

cupide

voraç

affamato

famolenc

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action).