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devoured

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /-ˈvaʊɚ/
    • /dɪˈvaʊər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /-ˈvaʊɚ/

Definition of devoured word

  • noun devoured Simple past tense and past participle of devour. 1

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Parts of speech for Devoured

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

devoured popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for devoured

adjective devoured

  • destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.

Antonyms for devoured

verb devoured

  • built — Built is the past tense and past participle of build.
  • created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • abstained — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
  • hated — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
  • held — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .

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