rapacious - Meaning in Konkani

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rapacious - Meaning in Konkani

Definitions and Meaning of rapacious in English

rapacious adjective

1. devouring or craving food in great quantities

   Synonyms

   edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish

   Examples

   • "a rapacious appetite"
   • "edacious vultures"
   • "ravenous as wolves"
   • "voracious sharks"
2. excessively greedy and grasping

   Synonyms

   ravening, voracious

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   Examples

   • "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"
   • "paying taxes to voracious governments"
   • "ravening creditors"
3. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

   Synonyms

   predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous

   Examples

   • "a predatory bird"
   • "a vulturine taste for offal"
   • "raptorial birds"
   • "ravening wolves"
   • "the rapacious wolf"

Synonyms of rapacious

• edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish
• ravening, voracious
• predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous

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