predative

English

Etymology

From predat(ion) +‎ -ive.

Adjective

predative (comparative more predative, superlative most predative)

  1. Pertaining to predation or a predator; predatory. [from 20th c.]
    • 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.

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