rapacious 音标拼音: [rəp'æʃɪs] [rəp'eʃɪs]
a . 强夺的,贪欲的,贪婪的
强夺的,贪欲的,贪婪的
rapacious adj 1 :
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey ; "
a predatory bird "; "
the rapacious wolf ";
"
raptorial birds "; "
ravening wolves "; "
a vulturine taste for offal " [
synonym : {
predatory }, {
rapacious }, {
raptorial },
{
ravening }, {
vulturine }, {
vulturous }]
2 :
excessively greedy and grasping ; "
a rapacious divorcee on the prowl "; "
ravening creditors "; "
paying taxes to voracious governments " [
synonym : {
rapacious }, {
ravening }, {
voracious }]
3 :
devouring or craving food in great quantities ; "
edacious vultures "; "
a rapacious appetite "; "
ravenous as wolves ";
"
voracious sharks " [
synonym : {
edacious }, {
esurient }, {
rapacious },
{
ravening }, {
ravenous }, {
voracious }, {
wolfish }]
Rapacious \
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a . [
L .
rapax ,
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acis ,
from rapere to seize and carry off ,
to snatch away .
See {
Rapid }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
Given to plunder ;
disposed or accustomed to seize by violence ;
seizing by force . "
The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar ." --
Motley .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Accustomed to seize food ;
subsisting on prey ,
or animals seized by violence ;
as ,
a tiger is a rapacious animal ;
a rapacious bird .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Avaricious ;
grasping ;
extortionate ;
also ,
greedy ;
ravenous ;
voracious ;
as ,
rapacious usurers ;
a rapacious appetite .
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1913 Webster ]
[
Thy Lord ]
redeem thee quite from Death '
s rapacious claim --
Milton .
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Syn :
Greedy ;
grasping ;
ravenous ;
voracious .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Ra *
pa "
cious *
ly },
adv . --
{
Ra *
pa "
cious *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "
rapacious ":
Apician ,
a hog for ,
acquisitive ,
all -
devouring ,
all -
engulfing ,
avaricious ,
avid ,
bloodsucking ,
bolting ,
bottomless ,
coveting ,
covetous ,
cramming ,
crapulent ,
crapulous ,
devouring ,
edacious ,
esurient ,
extortionate ,
ferocious ,
fierce ,
glutting ,
gluttonizing ,
gluttonous ,
gobbling ,
gorging ,
grabby ,
grasping ,
greedy ,
gulping ,
guttling ,
guzzling ,
hoggish ,
hyperphagic ,
insatiable ,
insatiate ,
intemperate ,
limitless ,
lupine ,
mercenary ,
miserly ,
money -
hungry ,
money -
mad ,
omnivorous ,
overgreedy ,
parasitic ,
piggish ,
polyphagic ,
predacious ,
predatory ,
quenchless ,
raptorial ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
sharkish ,
slakeless ,
sordid ,
stuffing ,
swinish ,
unappeasable ,
unappeased ,
unquenchable ,
unsated ,
unsatisfied ,
unslakeable ,
unslaked ,
usurious ,
venal ,
voracious ,
vulturine ,
vulturous ,
wolfing ,
wolfish
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RAPACIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of RAPACIOUS is excessively grasping or covetous How to use rapacious in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Rapacious
RAPACIOUS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Rapacious definition: given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed See examples of RAPACIOUS used in a sentence
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rapacious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary rapacious (comparative more rapacious, superlative most rapacious) (also figurative) Voracious; avaricious To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious
rapacious, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective rapacious See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
RAPACIOUS - Meaning Translations | Collins English Dictionary If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour
Rapacious - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Something rapacious is out to devour — anything, and little can stand in its way A rapacious landlord is out for more rent, and a rapacious eater is only satisfied at the all-you-can-eat buffet
RAPACIOUS Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for RAPACIOUS: greedy, ravenous, voracious, gluttonous, piggish, hungry, hoggish, starving; Antonyms of RAPACIOUS: satisfied, full, content, stuffed, glutted, satiated, sated, herbivorous