Adjectives relating to food

Susan H. (United States of America)
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  1. preprandial
    preceding a meal (especially dinner)
  2. postprandial
    following a meal, especially dinner
  3. peckish
    somewhat hungry
  4. ravenous
    extremely hungry
  5. edacious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  6. esurient
    extremely hungry
  7. ravening
    excessively greedy and grasping
  8. vulturine
    living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
  9. marauding
    characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
  10. predatory
    living by preying on other animals
  11. raptorial
    relating to or characteristic of birds of prey
  12. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  13. ravening
    excessively greedy and grasping
  14. gluttonous
    given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
  15. crapulous
    given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking
  16. crapulent
    suffering from excessive eating or drinking
Created on Fri Jan 10 13:33:54 EST 2014 (updated Fri Jan 10 20:26:20 EST 2014)

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