Avarice

Noun

 * 1) Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
 * 2) Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Adjectives for Avarice
besetting; anxious; sullen; pecuniary; insatiable; gripping; cruel; greedy.

Verbs for Avarice
decry—; deplore—; detest—; display—; evince—; gather with—; grovel in—; hoard in—; staunch—; take up with—; —acquires; —eats; —shrieks.

Thesaurus
acedia; acquisitiveness; anger; avariciousness; avaritia; avidity; avidness; cheapness; closefistedness; closeness; covetousness; craving; cupidity; deadly sin; desire; envy; frenzy of desire; frugality; fury of desire; gluttony; grasping; graspingness; greed; greediness; gula; hardfistedness; hoarding; hoggishness; illiberality; incontinence; inordinate desire; insatiability; insatiable desire; intemperateness; invidia; ira; itching palm; lust; luxuria; meanness; miserliness; nearness; niggardliness; overgreediness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; penny-pinching; penuriousness; piggishness; pride; rapaciousness; rapacity; ravenousness; selfishness; sloth; sordidness; stinginess; superbia; swinishness; thrift; tight purse strings; tightfistedness; tightness; ungenerosity; voraciousness; voracity; wolfishness; wrath

Etymology
From, from avaritia:, from avarus:.

Synonyms

 * avariciousness
 * See also Thesaurus:greed

Related terms

 * avaricious, avariciously

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, rahanhimo
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ido: avareso
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:


 * Korean: 탐욕 (tamyok)
 * Latin: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: avarícia,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, codicia
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: користолюбие
 * Italian:


 * Polish:

Anagrams

 * caviare

Etymology
From avaritia:

Noun

 * 1) greed; avarice

Related terms

 * avare
 * avarement
 * avaricieux