English-Thai Dictionary

rapacious

ADJ ชั่วร้าย  เป็น ภัย  berserk murderous chue-rai

 

rapacious

ADJ แย่งชิง  ช่วงชิง  เบียดเบียน  predatory ravening yang-ching

 

rapacious

ADJ โลภ  ตะกละ  ละโมบ  avaricious greedy lob

 

rapaciousness

N ความโลภ  kwam-lob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAPACIOUS

a.[L. rapax, from rapio, to seize. See Rap. ] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force; as a rapacious enemy.
Well may thy lord, appeas'd redeem thee quite from death's rapacious claim.
2. Accustomed to seize for food; subsisting on prey or animals seized by violence; as a rapacious tiger; a rapacious fowl.

 

RAPACIOUSLY

adv. By rapine; by violent robbery or seizure.

 

RAPACIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being rapacious; disposition to plunder or to exact by oppression.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAPACIOUS

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rapacious

ra pa cious |rəˈpāSHəs rəˈpeɪʃəs | ▶adjective aggressively greedy or grasping: rapacious landlords. DERIVATIVES ra pa cious ly adverb, ra pa cious ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin rapax, rapac- (from rapere ‘to snatch ’) + -ious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

rapacious

rapacious |rəˈpeɪʃəs | ▶adjective aggressively greedy or grasping: rapacious landlords. DERIVATIVES rapaciously adverb, rapaciousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin rapax, rapac- (from rapere ‘to snatch ’) + -ious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rapacious

rapacious adjective poor Tom has fallen for a rapacious gold digger: grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, covetous; mercenary, materialistic; insatiable, predatory; informal money-grubbing, grabby. ANTONYMS generous. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See greedy . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rapacious

rapacious adjective rapacious landlords: grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, mercenary, materialistic, insatiable, predatory, voracious, usurious, extortionate; informal money-grubbing; N. Amer. informal grabby. ANTONYMS generous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rapacious

ra pa cious /rəpéɪʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく けなして ｠〈人 行動が 〉強欲な, がつがつした ; 略奪をほしいままにする .