edacious
/i'deiʃəs/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Devouring or craving food in great quantities; voracious: Describes an extremely eager or greedy appetite for food.
- Marked by eagerness to consume; insatiable: Can be used metaphorically to describe an intense desire or consumption of non-food items, such as information or resources.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The edacious child finished the entire pizza by himself.
- After the long hike, we had an edacious hunger.
- She is an edacious reader, finishing several books a week.
Advanced Usage
- Metaphorical Use: Describing an intense, often greedy, consumption of abstract things.
- The company has an edacious demand for raw materials.
- His edacious curiosity led him to explore every detail of the ancient text.
Variants and Related Words
- Edacity (n): The quality of being edacious; voracity, ravenousness.
- The edacity of the locust swarm was devastating to the crops.
Synonyms
- Voracious: Wanting or consuming great quantities.
- Ravenous: Extremely hungry.
- Rapacious: Excessively grasping or greedy (often for material things).
- Insatiable: Impossible to satisfy.
- Gluttonous: Excessively greedy in eating.
Antonyms
- Abstemious: Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking.
- Moderate: Average in amount, intensity, or degree.
- Indifferent: Having no particular interest or sympathy.
Adjective
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devouring or craving food in great quantities
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edacious vultures
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a rapacious appetite
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ravenous as wolves
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voracious sharks
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