vulturine
Like a scavenger
Vulturine means resembling or characteristic of a vulture.
The word applies literally to birds with vulture-like features, but more often appears figuratively to describe someone who preys on the weak or waits to profit from others' misfortune: vulturine investors circling the failing company, a vulturine gaze fixed on the dying man's estate.
Putrefying animal remains
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- rottingOrganic matter decomposing
- decayGradual organic breakdown
foraging · detritivore · hyena · jackal · opportunistic · remains · corpse · offal
Giant New World vulture
- buzzardSoaring carrion-eating raptor
- raptorHunting bird with talons
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
soaring · talons · beak · feathers · roosting · flock · nesting · scavenger
Excessively grasping or greedy
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- opportunisticExploiting circumstances for gain
grasping · greedy · avaricious · mercenary · voracious · parasitic · unscrupulous · cutthroat
Deeply dependent or bent
- aquilineResembling an eagle
- beaklikeShaped like a bill
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- gauntLean from deprivation
hunched · bald-headed · wrinkled · leathery · angular · craggy · cadaverous · wizened
Fearful anticipation of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- portentousOminously significant
- grimHarsh and foreboding
baleful · macabre · inauspicious · dire · threatening · malignant · eerie · dreadful
carrion
Putrefying animal remains
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- rottingOrganic matter decomposing
decay · foraging · detritivore · hyena · jackal · opportunistic · remains · corpse · offal · putrefaction
condor
Giant New World vulture
wingspan · soaring · talons · beak · feathers · roosting · flock · nesting · scavenger · migration
rapacious
Excessively grasping or greedy
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
opportunistic · grasping · greedy · avaricious · mercenary · voracious · parasitic · unscrupulous · cutthroat · pitiless
hooked
Deeply dependent or bent
gaunt · hunched · bald-headed · wrinkled · leathery · angular · craggy · cadaverous · wizened · hollow-eyed
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- portentousOminously significant
grim · baleful · macabre · inauspicious · dire · threatening · malignant · eerie · dreadful · fateful
vulpine
Resembling a fox
bovine · equine · aquiline · leonine · serpentine · porcine · ovine · asinine · murine · taurine
vulturinenurturing
Supportive care-giving
protective · caring · dovelike · maternal · paternal
vulturineunaggressive
Not prone to hostility
nonaggressive · gentle · meek · docile · mild
vulturinealtruistic
Concerned for others' welfare
benevolent · charitable · magnanimous · generous · selfless