Uk English Meaning of rapacious

rapacious

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Definitions and Meaning of rapacious in English

Wordnet

rapacious (s)

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

excessively greedy and grasping

devouring or craving food in great quantities

Webster

rapacious (a.)

Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.

Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.

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rapacious

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey, excessively greedy and grasping, devouring or craving food in great quantitiesGiven to pl

Greedy,ravenous,voracious,hungry,gluttonous,greedy,Hungry,piggy,starving,starving

content,full,Gluttonous,satisfied,Stuffed,sated,satiated

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