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Be_pleased vs Devour - What's the difference?

be_pleased | devour | Related terms |

Be_pleased is a related term of devour.


As a verb devour is

to eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

be_pleased

Not English

Be_pleased has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'be_pleased':

beplastered, babelized

devour

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  • To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
  • :
  • *Bible, (w) i. 20
  • If ye refuseye shall be devoured with the sword.
  • *{{quote-book, year=2006, author=(w)
  • , chapter=1, title= Internal Combustion , passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
  • To take in avidly with the intellect.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
  • To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
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  • Synonyms

    * gobble, gorge, consume, devastate, overwhelm, wolf