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predacious |
Overview of adj predacious The adj predacious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. predacious, predaceous -- (hunting and killing other animals for food) 2. predaceous, predacious, predatory -- (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) Antonyms of adj predacious 2 senses of predacious Sense 1 predacious, predaceous INDIRECT (VIA omnivorous, insectivorous, carnivorous) -> herbivorous INDIRECT (VIA insectivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous) -> omnivorous INDIRECT (VIA carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous) -> insectivorous Sense 2 predaceous, predacious, predatory INDIRECT (VIA acquisitive) -> unacquisitive Similarity of adj predacious 2 senses of predacious Sense 1 predacious, predaceous => carnivorous (vs. herbivorous) (vs. omnivorous) (vs. insectivorous) Sense 2 predaceous, predacious, predatory => acquisitive (vs. unacquisitive) Attributes of adj predacious Familiarity of adj predacious predacious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj predacious predacious Overview of adj predacious The adj predacious has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. predacious, predaceous -- (hunting and killing other animals for food) 2. predaceous, predacious, predatory -- (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)
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