Rapacious Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Rapacious

Meaning 1 : devouring or craving food in great quantities

    Example : a rapacious appetite

    Synonyms : edacious,  esurient,  ravening,  ravenous,  voracious,  wolfish
Meaning 2 : excessively greedy and grasping

    Example : a rapacious divorcee on the prowl

    Synonyms : ravening,  voracious
Meaning 3 : living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

    Example : the rapacious wolf

    Synonyms : predatory,  raptorial,  ravening,  vulturine,  vulturous


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