rapacious

adjective

ra·pa·cious rə-ˈpā-shəs How to pronounce rapacious (audio)

: excessively grasping or covetous

: living on prey

: ravenous

a rapacious appetite

rapaciously adverb

rapaciousness noun

Example Sentences

nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats

Recent Examples on the Web Shapiro excuses Clinton’s role in making budget balance the new Democratic credo, and in letting rapacious finance have its way with the economy, by pointing to the prosperity of the 1990s and crediting Clinton.

Robert Kuttner, The New York Review of Books, 21 July 2022 Rising from the yoke of a military dictatorship that had promoted rapacious development of the Amazon, the country vowed a radical new approach to the environment.

Terrence Mccoy, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Appropriated to suit the tastes of a conquering power, the juttis embody the rapacious nature of European colonialism during the Enlightenment, argues a small but evocative exhibition at the Bata Shoe Museum (BSM) in Toronto, Canada.

Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2022 En route, the book offers us a gripping overview of humankind’s seemingly unstoppable evolution from primitive but harmless nomad to the rapacious bureaucrat in charge of civic planning in your neighborhood today.

Elizabeth Lowry, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Calling out activist investors, seen by many as the most rapacious of capitalists and not a bunch of ESG sissies, nicely illustrates just how complicated this topological space is.

Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 3 June 2022 And nonprofits can behave just as poorly as any rapacious robber baron.

Darius Tahir, Fortune, 18 May 2022 But few think those goals can be reached without curbing rapacious cattle ranching.

Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022 Unprincipled and rapacious people at the top won’t act differently because of a theoretical system.

Erik Sherman, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 See More

rapacious

adjective

as in greedy

having a huge appetite nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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greedy
ravenous
voracious
gluttonous
piggish
hungry
starving
starved
hoggish
swinish
edacious
insatiable
esurient
wolfish
devouring
gobbling
gorging
unquenchable
gormandizing
famished
gulping
underfed
malnourished
hearty
undernourished
peckish
unslakable
empty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

satisfied
full
content
glutted
stuffed
satiated
sated

as in predatory

living by killing and eating other animals rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats

Synonyms & Similar Words

predatory
predacious
aggressive
raptorial
ferocious
predaceous
carnivorous
savage
deadly
violent
wild
fierce
untamed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

herbivorous
tame
gentle
submissive
vegetarian

as in avaricious

having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions rapacious plunderers who despoiled the tombs in the ancient pyramids

Synonyms & Similar Words

greedy
avaricious
acquisitive
mercenary
covetous
eager
desirous
avid
coveting
grasping
moneygrubbing
grabby
ravenous
insatiable
voracious
piggish
materialistic
miserly
gluttonous
discontented
egocentric
discontent
hoggish
devouring
egotistical
unquenchable
gobbling
egoistical
piggy
swinish
egotistic
philistine
unsatisfied
lickerish
egoistic
commercialistic
itchy
grudging
self-centered
malcontent
resentful
begrudging
self-seeking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

altruistic
generous
liberal
magnanimous
handsome
munificent
bountiful
charitable
unselfish
selfless
bounteous
controlled
restrained
unsparing
nonmaterialistic
moderate
temperate
openhanded
satisfied
openhearted
content
sated
freehanded
greathearted

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of rapacious are gluttonous, ravenous, and voracious. While all these words mean "excessively greedy," rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice.

rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns

Although the words gluttonous and rapacious have much in common, gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety.

an admiral who was gluttonous for glory

The synonyms ravenous and rapacious are sometimes interchangeable, but ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite.

a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion

The meanings of voracious and rapacious largely overlap; however, voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink.

teenagers are often voracious eaters

单词	rapacious
释义	rapacious adjective ra·pa·cious rə-ˈpā-shəs 1 : excessively grasping or covetous 2 : living on prey 3 : ravenous a rapacious appetite rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun Synonyms edacious esurient gluttonous greedy hoggish piggish ravenous swinish voracious See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats Recent Examples on the Web Shapiro excuses Clinton’s role in making budget balance the new Democratic credo, and in letting rapacious finance have its way with the economy, by pointing to the prosperity of the 1990s and crediting Clinton. Robert Kuttner, The New York Review of Books, 21 July 2022 Rising from the yoke of a military dictatorship that had promoted rapacious development of the Amazon, the country vowed a radical new approach to the environment. Terrence Mccoy, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Appropriated to suit the tastes of a conquering power, the juttis embody the rapacious nature of European colonialism during the Enlightenment, argues a small but evocative exhibition at the Bata Shoe Museum (BSM) in Toronto, Canada. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Aug. 2022 En route, the book offers us a gripping overview of humankind’s seemingly unstoppable evolution from primitive but harmless nomad to the rapacious bureaucrat in charge of civic planning in your neighborhood today. Elizabeth Lowry, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Calling out activist investors, seen by many as the most rapacious of capitalists and not a bunch of ESG sissies, nicely illustrates just how complicated this topological space is. Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 3 June 2022 And nonprofits can behave just as poorly as any rapacious robber baron. Darius Tahir, Fortune, 18 May 2022 But few think those goals can be reached without curbing rapacious cattle ranching. Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022 Unprincipled and rapacious people at the top won’t act differently because of a theoretical system. Erik Sherman, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Latin rapāc-, rapāx "given to seizing or catching things (as prey), carrying away, excessively grasping" (from rapere "to seize and carry off" + -āc-, -āx, deverbal suffix denoting habitual or successful performance) + -ious — more at rapid entry 1, audacious First Known Use 1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition rapacious adjective ra·pa·cious rə-ˈpā-shəs 1 : very greedy 2 : predatory rapacious adjective 1 as in greedy having a huge appetite nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance greedy ravenous voracious gluttonous piggish hungry starving starved hoggish swinish edacious insatiable esurient wolfish devouring gobbling gorging unquenchable gormandizing famished gulping underfed malnourished hearty undernourished peckish unslakable empty Antonyms & Near Antonyms satisfied full content glutted stuffed satiated sated See More 2 as in predatory living by killing and eating other animals rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats Synonyms & Similar Words predatory predacious aggressive raptorial ferocious predaceous carnivorous savage deadly violent wild fierce untamed Antonyms & Near Antonyms herbivorous tame gentle submissive vegetarian 3 as in avaricious having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions rapacious plunderers who despoiled the tombs in the ancient pyramids Synonyms & Similar Words greedy avaricious acquisitive mercenary covetous eager desirous avid coveting grasping moneygrubbing grabby ravenous insatiable voracious piggish materialistic miserly gluttonous discontented egocentric discontent hoggish devouring egotistical unquenchable gobbling egoistical piggy swinish egotistic philistine unsatisfied lickerish egoistic commercialistic itchy grudging self-centered malcontent resentful begrudging self-seeking Antonyms & Near Antonyms altruistic generous liberal magnanimous handsome munificent bountiful charitable unselfish selfless bounteous controlled restrained unsparing nonmaterialistic moderate temperate openhanded satisfied openhearted content sated freehanded greathearted See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of rapacious are gluttonous, ravenous, and voracious. While all these words mean "excessively greedy," rapacious often suggests excessive and utterly selfish acquisitiveness or avarice. rapacious developers indifferent to environmental concerns Although the words gluttonous and rapacious have much in common, gluttonous applies to one who delights in eating or acquiring things especially beyond the point of necessity or satiety. an admiral who was gluttonous for glory The synonyms ravenous and rapacious are sometimes interchangeable, but ravenous implies excessive hunger and suggests violent or grasping methods of dealing with food or with whatever satisfies an appetite. a nation with a ravenous lust for territorial expansion The meanings of voracious and rapacious largely overlap; however, voracious applies especially to habitual gorging with food or drink. teenagers are often voracious eaters
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