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hakog [ha.kug.] : greedy (adj.); ravenous (adj.); voracious (adj.); glutton (n.)
Synonyms: busaw; wagot

Derivatives of hakog


Glosses:
greedy
adj. 1. avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensileimmoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
~ acquisitiveeager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
adj. 2. avid, devouring, esurient, greedy(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous.; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
~ desirous, wishfulhaving or expressing desire for something.; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"
adj. 3. greedywanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.; "don't be greedy with the cookies"
~ gluttonousgiven to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
ravenous
adj. 1. esurient, famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starvedextremely hungry.; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
~ hungryfeeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food.; "a world full of hungry people"
adj. 2. edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfishdevouring or craving food in great quantities.; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
~ gluttonousgiven to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
voracious
adj. 1. rapacious, ravening, voraciousexcessively greedy and grasping.; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
~ acquisitiveeager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
glutton
n. (person)1. glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trenchermana person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
~ eater, feedersomeone who consumes food for nourishment.
n. (animal)2. glutton, gulo gulo, wolverinemusteline mammal of northern Eurasia.
~ mustelid, musteline, musteline mammalfissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals.