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ra·pa·cious
 rapacious
- pronunciation:
- r
peI
shs
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
extremely greedy or ravenous; voracious.
They blamed rapacious lawyers for the high cost of malpractice insurance.The rapacious lion devoured its prey.- synonyms:
- gluttonous, greedy, ravenous, voracious
- antonyms:
- generous
- similar words:
- desperate, insatiable, lupine, omnivorous
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| definition 2: |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious.
A hawk is a rapacious bird.- synonyms:
- predacious, predatory
- similar words:
- carnivorous, omnivorous, raptorial, ravenous
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| related words: |
acquisitive, greedy, sordid |
| derivations: |
rapaciously (adv.), rapaciousness (n.), rapacity (n.) |
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