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View usage for: (rəpeɪʃəs) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour. [formal, disapproval] He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup. ...a rapacious exploitation policy. Synonyms: greedy, grasping, insatiable, ravenous More Synonyms of rapacious rapacious in British English (rəˈpeɪʃəs) adjective1. practising pillage or rapine 3. (of animals, esp birds) subsisting by catching living prey Derived forms rapaciously (raˈpaciously) adverb rapacity (rəˈpæsɪtɪ) or rapaciousness (raˈpaciousness) noun Word origin C17: from Latin rapāx grasping, from rapere to seize rapacious in American English (rəˈpeɪʃəs) adjective1. taking by force; plundering 2. greedy or grasping; voracious 3. living on captured prey; predatory Derived forms rapaciously (raˈpaciously) adverb rapacity (raˈpacity) (rəˈpæsəti) noun or raˈpaciousness Word origin < L rapax (gen. rapacis) < rapere, to seize (see UNRESOLVED CROSS REF) + -ous Examples of 'rapacious' in a sentencerapacious Definition greedy or grasping He had a rapacious appetite for bird's nest soup. Synonyms preying plundering wolfish usurious Additional synonymsI sacrificed my career so that my avaricious brother could succeed. Synonyms grasping, greedy, acquisitive, stingy, mean, miserable, rapacious, penny-pinching, parsimonious, miserly, niggardly, covetous, penurious, close-fisted, tight-arsed (taboo, slang), tight-assed (US, taboo, slang), snoep (South Africa, informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo, slang) people who have entered into extortionate credit transactions Synonyms grasping, hard, severe, exacting, harsh, rigorous, oppressive, rapacious, blood-sucking (informal), usurious Definition greedy for money She is a grasping and manipulative young woman. Synonyms greedy, acquisitive, rapacious, mean, selfish, stingy, penny-pinching (informal), venal, miserly, avaricious, niggardly, covetous, tightfisted, close-fisted, tight-arsed (taboo, slang), usurious, tight-assed (US, taboo, slang), snoep (South Africa, informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo, slang) - rant
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Additional synonymsDefinition impossible to satisfy an insatiable appetite for stories about the rich and famous Synonyms unquenchable, greedy, voracious, ravenous, rapacious, intemperate, gluttonous, unappeasable, insatiate, quenchless, edacious marauding gangs of armed men Synonyms predatory, looting, pillaging, thieving, rapacious, piratical, freebooting Definition eager to gain at the expense of others predatory business practices Synonyms rapacious, greedy, voracious, vulturous, vulturine He had moderated his ravenous appetite. Synonyms greedy, insatiable, avaricious, covetous, grasping, insatiate Definition eating or craving great quantities of food For their size, stoats are voracious predators. Synonyms gluttonous, insatiable, ravenous, hungry, greedy, ravening, devouringSynonyms greedy, fierce, savage, predatory, insatiable, voracious, ravenous, rapacious, avaricious, gluttonous, edacious |