avarice

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nounextreme greed

Synonyms for avarice

noun extreme greed

Antonyms for avarice

avariciousness

noun. greed

avidity

noun. eagerness

greed

noun. overwhelming desire for more

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old French avarice "greed, covetousness" (12c.), from Latin avaritia "greed," from avarus "greedy," adjectival form of avere "crave, long for."

Example Sentences for avarice

There is no limit to the moral baseness of the man of avarice.

The offspring of pride, and lust, and avarice, it is indigenous to the world.

He is incapable of envy or avarice, whether from virtue or from carelessness.

The old jests about her avarice were repeated over and over again.

Of course you know that ambition and avarice are held to be, as indeed they are, a disgrace?

As soon as Terence saw the sovereigns all his Irish avarice was roused.

Avarice was his master-passion; and, second to this, gross sensuality.

De Soto was well aware of the timidity and avarice of the captain.

I felt mortified, and the reproach of avarice hurt me deeply.

His stinginess bordered on avarice, and he had never changed his trade.

avarice

Synonyms for avarice

Antonyms for avarice

avariciousness

avidity

cupidity

frugality

greed

avarice

Synonyms for avarice

Antonyms for avarice

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