rapacious Antonyms
Meaning of rapacious
rapacious (s)
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
excessively greedy and grasping
devouring or craving food in great quantities
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.
rapacious Sentence Examples
- The rapacious businessman looted the company's assets, leaving it bankrupt.
- The predatory bird's rapacious gaze scanned the forest floor for prey.
- The government's rapacious tax policies stifled economic growth.
- The CEO's rapacious greed drove him to unethical practices.
- The rapacious fire consumed everything in its path, leaving only smoldering ruins behind.
- The rapacious wolves attacked the unsuspecting herd, tearing them apart.
- The school's rapacious principal punished her students severely for minor offenses.
- The rapacious pharmaceutical companies gouged patients with exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs.
- The malicious gossip's rapacious words spread like wildfire, destroying reputations.
- The rapacious dictator's iron-fisted rule oppressed his people for decades.
FAQs About the word 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, esurient, hoggish,voracious, piggish, starving, swinish, gluttonous, edacious
glutted,satisfied, glutted, full, content, stuffed, stuffed, full, content, satisfied
The rapacious businessman looted the company's assets, leaving it bankrupt.
The predatory bird's rapacious gaze scanned the forest floor for prey.
The government's rapacious tax policies stifled economic growth.
The CEO's rapacious greed drove him to unethical practices.
