rapacious | (adjective) excessively greedy and grasping | Synonyms: ravening, voracious |
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(adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
(adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
rapaciously | (adverb) in a rapacious manner | - |
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rapaciousness | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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(noun) an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) | Synonyms: greediness, voraciousness |
(noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, predaciousness, rapacity |
rapacity | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed |
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(noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity |
(noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, predaciousness, rapaciousness |