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vulturous

adjective

Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.

“The attorney licked his lips with vulturous delight as he listened to the man's description of neck pain after the accident.”

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vulturelike vulturine vulturish predatory rapacious raptorial ravening aggressive

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Meanings

adjectivevulturous (comparative more vulturous, superlative most vulturous)

comparative more vulturous · superlative most vulturous

Having the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.
The attorney licked his lips with vulturous delight as he listened to the man's description of neck pain after the accident.
Synonyms: vulturelike, vulturine, vulturish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving the characteristics of a vulture, especially in being rapacious, greedy, or scavenging.

Similar

vulturelike vulturine vulturish

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveliving by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

Similar

predatory rapacious raptorial ravening vulturine aggressive

Also see

predatory rapacious raptorial ravening vulturelike vulturine vulturish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From vulture + -ous.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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