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Predatory Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ory

Predatory has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

"bands of marauding Indians"

"predatory warfare"

"a raiding party"

2

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

"a predatory bird"

"the rapacious wolf"

"raptorial birds"

"ravening wolves"

"a vulturine taste for offal"

3

living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

"predatory capitalists"

"a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"

"a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"

4

Of, or relating to a predator.

"The predatory shark quickly surrounded its unsuspecting prey before striking."

Example Sentences
"bands of marauding Indians" adjective
"predatory warfare" adjective
"a raiding party" adjective
"a predatory bird" adjective
"the rapacious wolf" adjective
"raptorial birds" adjective
"ravening wolves" adjective
"a vulturine taste for offal" adjective
"predatory capitalists" adjective
"a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ory cory rory sory lory dory gory jory pory frory flory emory atory glory chory story moory amory armory memory
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