rapacious
rapacious · more rapacious · most rapacious
хижий
жадный, алчный, хищный
Raub-, unersättlich, habgierig, raubgierig
Voracious; avariciousVoracious; avaricious.
/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
» You are rapacious.
Ти жадібний.
Ти зажерливий.
Meaning
3 senses(also, figuratively)Voracious; avaricious.
unersättlich, habgierig
жадныйžadnyj, алчныйalčnyj
Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
raubgierig
Subsisting off live prey.
Raub-
хищныйxiščnyj
хижийxyžyj
More definitions
- excessively greedy and grasping
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
Examples
4 sentencesYou are rapacious.
Ти жадібний.
Ukrainians don't deserve to be invaded by a rapacious army.
Since being revived, Tom has had a rapacious appetite tor flesh.
Tom has a rapacious appetite.
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
which subsists off live prey:
Русский
By meaning 2
avaricious:
which subsists off live prey:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
avaricious:
given to take by force:
which subsists off live prey:
Origin
Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”)Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”) + -acious.
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Forms
more rapacious, most rapacious| Comparative | more rapacious Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most rapacious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
24 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsDerivedunrapacious
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form