English Explanatory Dictionary

rapacious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Voracious; avaricious.
  2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
  3. Subsisting off live prey.

Pronunciation

/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/ en-us-rapacious.ogg

Word forms

rapacious more rapacious most rapacious

Etymology

Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”).

Synonyms

acquisitive avaricious cormorant covetous edacious esurient grasping greedy miserable piggish miserly rapacious selfish sordid sharp-set voracious predacious predatory

Related words

rapaciously rapaciousness rapacity

Derived words

unrapacious
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