ravening

Questions about ravening

What does ravening mean?

ravening means "living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ravening?

ravening has 3 syllables: ra-ve-ning. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for ravening?

Close synonyms include predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ravening a common word?

ravening is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.