rapacity

  • 11rapacity — Synonyms and related words: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, avidness, claim, covetousness, crapulence, crapulency, cupidity, demand, edacity, exaction, frenzy of desire, fury of desire, gluttonousness, gluttony, grasping,… …

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  • 12rapacity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Greed] Syn. avarice, covetousness, voracity; see greed . 2. [Plunder] Syn. thieving, thievery, marauding; see theft . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being voracious: avidity, edacity,… …

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  • 13rapacity — rÉ™ pæsÉ™tɪ n. greediness, covetousness, selfishness; predaciousness, quality of hunting other creatures for food …

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  • 14rapacity — n. 1. Ravenousness, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity, avidity, canine appetite. 2. Greed, ravenousness, exercise of plunder. 3. Avariciousness, greediness of gain …

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  • 15rapacity — n 1. ravenousness, ravening, rapaciousness, craving, voracity, voraciousness, omniverousness. 2. avarice, avariciousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, avidity; graspingness, acquisitiveness, Inf. itching palm. 3. extortion, usury, bloodsucking,… …

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  • 16rapacity — ra·pac·i·ty …

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  • 17rapacity — See: rapacious …

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  • 18rapacity — noun 1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑covetousness, ↑avaritia • Derivationally related forms: ↑rapacious, ↑covetous ( …

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  • 19Ningbo — For other uses, see Ningbo (disambiguation). Ningbo 宁波   Sub provincial city   宁波市 …

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  • 20cupidity — cupidity, greed, rapacity, avarice are comparable when meaning intense desire for wealth or possessions. Cupidity stresses the intensity and compelling nature of the desire and often suggests covetousness as well {the sight of so much wealth… …

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