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Word Meanings - EXTORTIONATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

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  • RAVENOUS
    1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. 2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. -- Rav"en*ous*ly, adv. -- Rav"en*ous*ness, n.
  • GRASP
    1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with;
  • GREEDY-GUT
    A glutton. Todd.
  • PREDACEOUS
    Living by prey; predatory. Derham.
  • AVARICIOUS
    Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. Syn. -- Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. -- Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious, Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly grasp after
  • RAPACIOUS
    1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." Motley. 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence,; as, a
  • GRASPER
    One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
  • GRASPING
    1. Seizing; embracing; catching. 2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. -- Grasp"ing*ness, n.
  • GRASPLESS
    Without a grasp; relaxed. From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge.
  • GRASPABLE
    Capable of being grasped.
  • EXTORTIONATE
    Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
  • GREEDY
    gredi, AS. grdig, grdig; akin to D. gretig, OS. grdag, OHG. grtag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, grdig, Icel. graugr, Goth. grdags greedy, 1. Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion
  • VORACIOUS
    Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. Dampier. -- Vo*ra"cious*ly, adv. -- Vo*ra"cious*ness, n.
  • OVERGREEDY
    Excessively greedy.
  • ENGRASP
    To grasp; to grip. Spenser.
  • INTRAVENOUS
    Within the veins.

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