predative

English

Adjective

predative (comparative more predative, superlative most predative)

1. Of, or resembling a predator.
   • 1914, D. H. Lawrence, The Wedding Ring‎^[1]:

     Her face was pale, yellowish, with a clear, transparent skin, she leaned forward rather, her features were strongly marked, handsome, with a tense, unseeing, predative look.

Derived terms

• predatively

Anagrams

• tape drive, tapedrive