rapacity
Use Rapacity in a sentence
ʃəs adjective
1.
given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2.
inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
3.
(of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.
Related forms
ra·pa·cious·ly, adverb
un·ra·pa·cious, adjective
un·ra·pa·cious·ly, adverb
un·ra·pa·cious·ness, noun
Antonyms
2. generous.
2. generous.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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rapacious (rəˈpeɪʃəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | practising pillage or rapine |
| 2. | greedy or grasping |
| 3. | (of animals, esp birds) subsisting by catching living prey |
| [C17: from Latin rapāx grasping, from rapere to seize] | |
| ra'paciously | |
| —adv | |
| rapacity | |
| —n | |
| ra'paciousness | |
| —n | |
| rapacious (rəˈpeɪʃəs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | practising pillage or rapine |
| 2. | greedy or grasping |
| 3. | (of animals, esp birds) subsisting by catching living prey |
| [C17: from Latin rapāx grasping, from rapere to seize] | |
| ra'paciously | |
| —adv | |
| rapacity | |
| —n | |
| ra'paciousness | |
| —n | |
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They make a success on the frontier anyway in whiskey distilling, but lose everything to a landlord of fabulous rapacity.
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