predatory

a. கொள்ளைசார்ந்த, கொள்ளையடிக்கிற, சூறையாடும் பழக்கமுள்ள, விலங்குவகையில் பிற விலங்குகளைக் கொன்றுதின்னுகிற.

Synonyms

pillaging plundering marauding rapacious greedy ravenous

Antonyms

guarding keeping watching protecting [see rapacious]

Pred"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey.] 1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. "A predatory war." Macaulay. 2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs.] Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Bacon. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.

predatory - Similar Words

predicatory predatorily depredatory prefatory precatory predictory depredator redactor prelatry pedantry