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1 drapieżny
adj* * *a.1. ( o zwierzęciu) predatory; ptak drapieżny bird of prey, predatory bird; ryba drapieżna predatory fish.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > drapieżny
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2 pazerny
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > pazerny
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3 zachłanny
adjavaricious, acquisitive* * *a.(= chciwy) rapacious; (np. na jedzenie, czytanie) voracious; ( na pieniądze) greedy, avaricious; ( na czyjąś miłość) possessive.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zachłanny
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4 drapieżn|y
adj. grad. 1. Biol. predatory- ptaki/zwierzęta drapieżne predatory birds/animals, birds of prey/predators2. przen., pejor. [osoba] predatory, rapacious; [zachowanie, spojrzenie] predatory; [artykuł, wypowiedź] scathingThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > drapieżn|y
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5 pazernoś|ć
f sgt pejor. rapacity, greed- czyjaś pazerność na pieniądze sb’s rapacious greed for moneyThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > pazernoś|ć
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6 pazern|y
adj. pejor. [osoba, zachowanie] rapacious książk., pejor., avaricious książk., pejor.- jest pazerny na pieniądze he is greedy for moneyThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > pazern|y
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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
