Definition of rapacious Rapacious
/ɹʌpæˈʃɪs/ - [rupatshis] - ra•pa•cious
We found 11 definitions of rapacious from 5 different sources.
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What does rapacious mean?
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| rapacious - excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" | ||
| ravening, voracious | ||
| acquisitive eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" | ||
| rapacious - devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" | ||
| edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish | ||
| gluttonous given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" | ||
| rapacious - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" | ||
| predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous | ||
| aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- rapacious (Adjective)
Voracious; avaricious. - rapacious (Adjective)
Given to taking by force or plundering. - rapacious (Adjective)
Subsisting off live prey.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rapacious (a.)
Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. - rapacious (a.)
Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. - rapacious (a.)
Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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rapacious
Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rapacious
ra-pā′shus, adj. seizing by violence: given to plunder: ravenous: greedy of gain.—n. Rapā′ces, the beasts and birds of prey.—adv. Rapā′ciously.—ns. Rapā′ciousness, Rapac′ity, the quality of being rapacious: ravenousness: extortion. [L. rapax, rapacis—rapĕre, raptum, to seize and carry off.]
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