ravenous

hirveän nälkäinen

ahne Very hungry.
(quote-book)
(rfc-sens) eager Eager for prey or gratification.
1843, (w), (w), book 3, ch. IX, Working Aristocracy

Supply-and-demand? One begins to be weary of such work. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: — it is the Gospel of Despair!