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Antonyms for rapaciousness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruh-pey-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : rəˈpeɪ ʃəs

Definition of rapaciousness

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin rapaci-, stem of rapax "grasping," itself from stem of rapere "to seize" (see rapacity) + -ous. Related: Rapaciously; rapaciousness.
  • noun voracity
Example sentences :
  • Malta is one of the remarkable instances in which we may trace a kind of penalty on the rapaciousness of the Republic.
  • Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various
  • Her rapaciousness engaged her to give endless disturbance and interruption to commerce.
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. » by David Hume
  • The provinces groaned at once under all the severity of public imposition and the rapaciousness of private usury.
  • Extract from : « The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12) » by Edmund Burke
  • Once we lived in what we saw; now, the rapaciousness of this new power, which threatens to absorb all things, engages us.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • He has so gained or absorbed into himself courage from the lion, cunning from the fox, rapaciousness from vulture and eagle.
  • Extract from : « Human Animals » by Frank Hamel

Synonyms for rapaciousness

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