Word: esurient

Category: esurient

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Synonyms: esurient

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: esurient

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french
Translations:
goulu, glouton, vorace, avide
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russian
Translations:
жадный, алчный, голодный
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czech
Translations:
hltavý, žravý, nenasytný
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polish
Translations:
żarłoczny
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hungarian
Translations:
mohó
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ukrainian
Translations:
жадібний, голодний
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estonian
Translations:
näljas, ablas

The meaning and "use of": esurient

adjective
  • hungry or greedy. - In Masson's metamorphosis of image and reality in Pygmalion, the sculpture on the right becomes the esurient monster at the table; indeed, it becomes the table itself, devouring its contents.

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