devouring
Meaning of devouring
verb
- To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
The fire was devouring the building.
- To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
She intended to devour the book.
- To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.
noun
The act by which something is devoured.
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Hyphenation of devouring
de-vour-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- devouring is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
devouring synonyms
Meaning avid:
Meaning :
consume, devastate, gobble, gorge, overwhelm, wolf
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