rapacity
31raven — I. a. Black, ebony, inky, sable. II. n. 1. Rapine, rapacity, rapaciousness. 2. Prey, plunder, food obtained by violence, ravin. III. v. a. Devour, eat with voracity. IV. v. n. [Written also Ravin.] Prey, be greed …
32avaritia — noun reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑covetousness, ↑rapacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑rapacious (for: ↑ …
33covetousness — noun 1. an envious eagerness to possess something (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑envy, ↑enviousness 2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑ …
34edacity — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑voraciousness), ↑ …
35esurience — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑voraciousness), ↑ …
36rapaciousness — noun 1. extreme gluttony • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑rapacity, ↑voracity, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑ …
37ravening — adjective 1. devouring or craving food in great quantities edacious vultures a rapacious appetite ravenous as wolves voracious sharks • Syn: ↑edacious, ↑esurient, ↑rapacious, ↑ …
38voraciousness — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voracity • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious, ↑voracious (for: ↑ …
39voracity — noun 1. excessive desire to eat • Syn: ↑edacity, ↑esurience, ↑ravenousness, ↑voraciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑voracious (for: ↑voraciousness), ↑ …
40wolfish — adjective 1. resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf ran in wolflike packs wolfish rapacity • Syn: ↑wolflike • Pertains to noun: ↑wolf, ↑wolf (for: ↑ …
