Synonyms for rapaciousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ruh-pey-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : rəˈpeɪ ʃəs |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for rapaciousness
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