avarice
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈævərɪs/
- Formal
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avaricia
- His avarice led him to make questionable business deals in pursuit of wealth.
- avarice and greed
- avarice and envy
- avarice and ambition
Yeah, to name them pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony and lust are the seven deadly sins.
- Yeah, to name them pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony and lust are the seven deadly sins.
- He says just as the desire for money, whether we call avarice or greed, is not the same thing as money itself, right?
- So he goes on and he says ambition, avarice, self love, vanity, these are all, you know, generally viewed as bad things.
- The World War was primarily the jealous and avarice struggle for the largest share in exploiting darker races.
- Maybe avarice creates destruction is the premise of the story.
- Avorizia, sometimes it's translated as avarice.
- It has a scene which is very clearly the human avarice in the form of a giant ball of hay which is being sent to hell.
Examples
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I'll be back, Mr. Powers, when free love is dead, and greed and avarice once again rule the world.
Fiction book (1997) -
Yes, but you would be rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
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Congratulations, your avarice has managed to destroy an entire continent.
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You see, my father's avarice had made me a very rich man.
Fiction book (1992) -
Yes, we live in a world of avarice and deceit.
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This hotel was built on two things, man's fundamental avarice and trust.
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Maybe avarice creates destruction is the premise of the story.
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And our home has, in fundamental ways, been polluted by avarice and political megalomania.
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The theme of The Hay Wain triptych is worldly avarice and deception.
Academic text (2001) -
Christian exegesis universally denounces Esau for sins of avarice, carnality, and worldliness.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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A strong selfish wish for more, especially money or power
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8.4
A very strong hunger or want for something you cannot get enough of
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9.9
A very strong desire to have more money and things
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4.0
Wanting too much money or things and not being satisfied
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8.8
A very strong desire for money and things
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9.9
A very strong wish to have more money or things than you need
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9.9
A very strong desire to take more than is fair
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8.1
A strong wish to get and keep money and things
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7.9
A very strong desire for more food, money or success
A very strong desire to have a lot of money and things
A very strong wish to have more money or things, even when you have enough
A strong desire to have more than your fair share of things
A strong greedy wish to take more than is fair
Antonyms
How Greedy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Avarice comes from the Latin word avarus, which meant 'greedy'. So, avarice is the idea of being never satisfied and always wanting more money or things.