What it means
- (verb) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- (verb) To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste. “The fire was devouring the building.”
- (verb) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze. “She intended to devour the book.”
- (verb) To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner. “After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.”
Letter analysis
- Devoured contains 8 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
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Words starting with DEV
- devaluation
- devaluations
- devalue
- devalued
- devalues
- devaluing
- devastate
- devastated
- devastates
- devastating
- devastation
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- developed
- developer
- developers
- developing
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Common questions
What does Devoured mean?
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
How many letters are in Devoured?
Devoured has 8 letters.
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