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English adjective: rapacious | |||
| 1. | rapacious living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | ||
| Samples | A predatory bird. The rapacious wolf. Raptorial birds. Ravening wolves. A vulturine taste for offal. | ||
| Synonyms | predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous | ||
| Similar | aggressive | ||
| Antonyms | nonaggressive, unaggressive | ||
| 2. | rapacious excessively greedy and grasping | ||
| Samples | A rapacious divorcee on the prowl. Ravening creditors. Paying taxes to voracious governments. | ||
| Synonyms | ravening, voracious | ||
| Similar | acquisitive | ||
| Antonyms | unacquisitive | ||
| 3. | rapacious devouring or craving food in great quantities | ||
| Samples | Edacious vultures. A rapacious appetite. Ravenous as wolves. Voracious sharks. | ||
| Synonyms | edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish | ||
| Similar | gluttonous | ||
| Antonyms | abstemious | ||
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