rapacious

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (also, figuratively) Voracious; avaricious.
2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
3. Subsisting off live prey.

Concepten

roofzuchtig

hebzuchtig

roofziek

roofgierig

Synoniemen

greedy

voracious

ravenous

avaricious

ravening

grasping

predatory

selfish

covetous

gluttonous

raptorial

fierce

insatiable

edacious

eagerly desirous

avid

vulturous

vulturine

piggish

exceedingly hungry

esurient

famishing

grabby

predacious

wolfish

acquisitive

berserk

murderous

prehensile

marauding

lupine

felonious

ravishing

robber

savage

curmudgeon

taking

violent

cruel

brutal

wild

ambitious

predaceous

open-mouthed

plunderer

porcine

Vertalingen

rapace

rapace

rapaz

vorace

voraz

yırtıcı

vorace

rapaç

αρπακτικός

glouton

açgözlü

raubgierig

avido

voraç

predatore

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Perhaps from rapacity + -ous, in any case ultimately from Latin rapāx (“grasping, greedy”).