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41 annexationist
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42 extortionate
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43 insatiable
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44 invasive
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45 penal
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46 raptorial
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47 burglarious
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48 edacious
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49 insatiate
ненасытный имя прилагательное: -
50 predaceous
хищный имя прилагательное: -
51 predacious
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52 vulturine
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53 vulturous
хищный имя прилагательное: -
54 sateless
ненасытный имя прилагательное: -
55 ventripotent
прожорливый имя прилагательное: -
56 acquisitive
1. a жадно впитывающий; стремящийся приобрестиacquisitive mind — пытливый ум; человек, стремящийся к знаниям
2. a жадный, склонный к стяжательствуСинонимический ряд:avaricious (adj.) avaricious; avid; covetous; desirous; eager to acquire; grabby; grasping; greedy; itchy; materialistic; possessive; prehensile; rapaciousАнтонимический ряд: -
57 avaricious
a алчный, жадный, корыстолюбивыйСинонимический ряд:greedy (adj.) acquisitive; avid; covetous; desirous; grasping; greedy; grudging; mercenary; miserly; parsimonious; rapacious; selfish; self-seeking -
58 avid
1. a алчный, жадныйan avid reader — человек, читающий запоем
2. a алчущий, жаждущийСинонимический ряд:1. eager (adj.) agog; anxious; appetent; ardent; athirst; breathless; eager; enthusiastic; fervent; impatient; intense; keen; raring; solicitous; thirsting; thirsty; zealous2. grasping (adj.) acquisitive; avaricious; covetous; desirous; grasping; greedy3. ravenous (adj.) omnivorous; rapacious; ravenous; unappeasable; voraciousАнтонимический ряд:apathetic; generous -
59 carnivorous
1. a зоол. плотоядный2. a бот. насекомоядныйСинонимический ряд:1. gluttonous (adj.) devouring; gluttonous; greedy; insatiable; omnivorous; ravenous; starved; voracious2. meat-eating (adj.) flesh-eating; hungry; meat-eating; predatory; rapacious; zoophagous -
60 covetous
a алчный, жадный; жаждущийСинонимический ряд:1. desirous (adj.) acquisitive; anxious; avaricious; avid; craving; desirous; eager; grabby; greedy; itchy; prehensile; rapacious; selfish2. envious (adj.) envious; grasping; green-eyed; jealous; lustfulАнтонимический ряд:charitable; liberal; profuse; unselfish
См. также в других словарях:
Rapacious — Ra*pa cious (r[.a]*p[=a] sh[u^]s), a. [L. rapax, acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See {Rapid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. The downfall of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rapacious — I adjective avaricious, avidus, cormorant, depredatory, devouring, grasping, greedy, insatiable, insatiate, living on prey, lupine, marauding, pillaging, piratical, plundering, predacious, predatory, preying, rapax, ravening, ravenous, voracious … Law dictionary
rapacious — (adj.) 1650s, from L. rapaci , stem of rapax grasping, from rapere (see RAPACITY (Cf. rapacity)) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Rapaciously; rapaciousness … Etymology dictionary
rapacious — ravening, ravenous, gluttonous, *voracious Analogous words: ferocious, *fierce: greedy, grasping, *covetous … New Dictionary of Synonyms
rapacious — [adj] plundering avaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, marauding, murderous, predatory, preying, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious; concepts 326,403,406,542 … New thesaurus
rapacious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ aggressively greedy. DERIVATIVES rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun rapacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin rapax, from rapere to snatch … English terms dictionary
rapacious — [rə pā′shəs] adj. [< L rapax (gen. rapacis) < rapere, to seize (see RAPE1) + OUS] 1. taking by force; plundering 2. greedy or grasping; voracious 3. living on captured prey; predatory rapaciously adv. rapacity [rə pas′ə … English World dictionary
rapacious — [[t]rəpe͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour. [FORMAL] He had a rapacious appetite for bird s nest soup... The oil fields have … English dictionary
rapacious — adjective /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/ a) Voracious; avaricious. To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious. b) Given to… … Wiktionary
rapacious — ra|pa|cious [ rə peıʃəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL never satisfied until you have taken everything that you can take: Rapacious developers soon bought up the land. rapacious appetites ╾ ra|pa|cious|ly adverb ╾ ra|pa|cious|ness noun uncount ╾… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rapacious — UK [rəˈpeɪʃəs] / US adjective very formal never satisfied until you have taken everything that you can take Rapacious developers soon bought up the land. rapacious appetites Derived words: rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun uncountable… … English dictionary