rapaciousness

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noun

The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony.

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rapacityavaricecovetisecovetousnesscupiditygluttonygreedgreediness
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Meanings

nounrapaciousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony.
    1 more example

    2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text THE VULTURE MAY be the most maligned bird on the planet, a living metaphor for greed and rapaciousness.

    Synonyms: rapacity, avarice, covetise, covetousness, cupidity, gluttony, greed, greediness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony.

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rapacityavaricecovetisecovetousnesscupiditygluttonygreedgreedinessMammonrapacityravinvoracity

More synonyms by meaning

nounextreme gluttony

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edacityesuriencerapacityvoracityvoraciousness
Broader
gluttony

nounan excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

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greedinessvoraciousness
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selfishness

noun(of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey.

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predaciousnesspredaceousnessrapacity
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zoophagycarnivorousness
Also see
edacityesuriencegreedgreedinessmiserypredaciousnessrapacityravinvoraciousnessvoracity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From rapacious + -ness.

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rapaciousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapaciousness

MLA

“rapaciousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapaciousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rapaciousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rapaciousness.

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