NOUN | attribute | rapacity, edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voracity, voraciousness | extreme / extreme gluttony |
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act | rapacity, avarice, greed, covetousness, avaritia | reprehensible acquisitiveness |
Meaning | extreme / extreme gluttony. | |
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Synonyms | edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voracity, voraciousness | |
Broader | gluttony | habitual eating to excess |
Spanish | rapacidad, voracidad | |
Catalan | rapacitat, voracitat | |
Adjectives | rapacious | devouring or craving food in great quantities |
Meaning | reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins). | |
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Synonyms | avarice, greed, covetousness, avaritia | |
Broader | mortal sin, deadly sin | An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace |
Spanish | avaricia, avaritia, avidez, codicia, concupiscencia, rapacidad | |
Catalan | avarícia, avaritia, cobdícia | |
Adjectives | rapacious | excessively greedy and grasping |
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