voracious
/vəˈreɪʃəs/adjective
उच्चारण वरेशस
पेटू, अतिभक्षी, भुक्खड़
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eating or wanting large amounts of food
पेटू, अतिभक्षी, भुक्खड़
- a voracious appetite
- The hungry hostel boys have a voracious appetite for samosas.
- The puppy has a voracious appetite and eats three meals before noon.
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- After the long trek, the voracious hikers finished every dish on the table.
- Locusts are voracious eaters that can destroy a whole field within hours.
Synonyms greedy gluttonous ravenous insatiable hungry
Opposite moderate abstemious temperate satisfied
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wanting a lot of new information and knowledge
(ज्ञान का) प्यासा, उत्सुक
- a voracious reader who finishes a book a day
- Radhika is a voracious reader of Hindi poetry and English novels.
- Aman is a voracious learner who watches lectures even on holidays.
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- She has a voracious appetite for news and checks three papers every morning.
- A voracious reader needs a good library card.
Synonyms eager avid enthusiastic keen insatiable
Opposite uninterested indifferent
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
vo·ra·cious
With -racious (not 'voratious' or 'voraceous'); the noun voracity.
अंत में -racious ('voratious' या 'voraceous' गलत है); noun voracity।
?Which word?
Keep apart voracity (great appetite) and veracity (truthfulness).
Voracity (भारी भूख) और veracity (सत्यता) को अलग रखिए।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A voracious appetite, a voracious reader.
Collocations: a voracious appetite (बहुत तेज़ भूख), a voracious reader (किताबें बहुत शौक से और बहुत ज़्यादा पढ़ने वाला)। voracious का मतलब किसी चीज़ की बहुत ज़्यादा चाह रखना है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who eats too much is a glutton.
बहुत अधिक खाने वाला glutton।