pre·da·cious also pre·da·ceous (pr -d  sh s)adj. 1. Living by seizing or taking prey; predatory. 2. Given to victimizing, plundering, or destroying for one's own gain: "the most vicious, predacious, esurient and desperate elements of this society" (Claude Brown). [From Latin praed r , to plunder; see predatory.]pre·da cious·ness, pre·daceous·ness, pre·daci·ty (-d s-t ) n. |
predacious, predaceous [prɪˈdeɪʃəs]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food
2. preying on others
[from Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory]
predaciousness , predaceousness, predacity [prɪˈdæsɪtɪ] n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | predacious - hunting and killing other animals for food carnivorous - (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" |
| 2. | predacious - living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" |
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