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rapaciousness
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rapaciousness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voracity |
| Synonyms: | avidity, edacity, gluttony, greed, greediness, omnivorousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, longing |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning |
| Antonyms: | aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | voracity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ravenousness |
| Synonyms: | edacity, gluttony, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voraciousness |
| Main Entry: | rapacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greed |
| Synonyms: | avarice, covetousness, cupidity, greediness, rapaciousness, thievery, voracity |
| Antonyms: | generosity |
| Main Entry: | preying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predatoriness |
| Synonyms: | predacity, predation, predatism, rapaciousness, rapacity |
| Main Entry: | avariciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greed |
| Synonyms: | acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greediness, money-grubbing, money-hunger, rapaciousness, rapacity |
| Main Entry: | edacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voracity |
| Synonyms: | esurience, gluttonousness, insatiability, insatiableness, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness |
| Main Entry: | libidinousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | amativeness, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, eroticism, erotism, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, lustfulness, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, prurience, pruriency, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lustfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | amativeness, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, eroticism, erotism, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libidinousness, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, prurience, pruriency, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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