rapacious

a. உயிர்வேட்டையாடுகிற, கொன்றிரை கொள்கிற, கொள்ளையடிக்கும் பாங்குடைய, வலிந்து பிறர் பொருள் பறிக்ககிற, பேரிரை கொள்கிற, பராசை பிடித்தலைகிற.

Synonyms

greedy ravenous voracious predaceous avaricious grasping extortionate

Antonyms

bountiful liberal contented frugal

Rapa"cious, a. Etym: [L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid.] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." Motley. 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence,; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. [Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim Milton . Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. -- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n.

rapacious - Similar Words

rampacious capacious spacious rapinous gracious incapacious capaciously voracious veracious salacious