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Definition of esurient : 1. Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious.
2. One who is hungry or greedy.

Synonyms:

edacious, wolfish, rapacious, gluttonous, sharp-set, wolflike, predatory, greedy, avid, raptorial, hungry, vulturine, desirous, starving, ravenous, starved, voracious, vulturous, ravening, famished, devouring

Usage examples:

• Father Maguire remembered the theological debates, sometimes prolonged till after three o'clock, and the passionate scholiast of Maynooth seemed to him unrecognisable in the esurient Vicar- General, only occasionally interested in theology, at certain hours and when he felt particularly well. - "The Untilled Field", George Moore.