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View synonyms for predacious
predacious
/ prɪˈdeɪʃəs; prɪˈdæsɪtɪ /
adjective
- (of animals) habitually hunting and killing other animals for food
- preying on others
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Derived Forms
- preˈdaciousness, noun
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Other Words From
- pre·dacious·ness pre·dac·i·ty [pri-, das, -i-tee]; especially Biology, pre·daceous·ness noun
- unpre·daceous adjective
- unpre·daceous·ly adverb
- unpre·daceous·ness noun
- unpre·dacious adjective
- unpre·dacious·ly adverb
- unpre·dacious·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of predacious1
First recorded in 1705–15; pred(atory) + -acious
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Word History and Origins
Origin of predacious1
C18: from Latin praeda plunder; compare predatory
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Example Sentences
The picture tells the story of a young woman, Danae, who’s been locked in a high tower by her father to keep her away from predacious men.
From New York Times
She feels shut out by the city’s predacious, moneyed tribes, battered by its “impenetrable shapes” and “fierce elbows.”
From New York Times
They’re predacious, eating whatever they can get their grubby hands on.
From Washington Times
Now, four days later, Nukita warned us that a similarly predacious swarm of print and television reporters lay in wait for us in Kathmandu.
From Literature
Metastasis therefore requires the untethering of these bonds, to allow predacious cancer cells to migrate freely.
From Scientific American
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