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单词 avidity
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avidity

It would have been easy to find the only other face in the room uncomplicated by numbers, unconcerned by the concentration of avidity.Only we four gathered, and there we pursued the Skill with an avidity that frightened me and enthused the rest of them.Wanted to with the same avidity as she had wanted to read Johannes's diaries.

Synonyms of 'avidity'

enthusiasm, devotion, zeal, fervour
insatiability, longing, desire, hunger
More Synonyms of avidity
(noun) 
Synonyms
enthusiasm
Her lack of enthusiasm filled me with disappointment.
devotion
I was impressed by his devotion to his family.
zeal
his zeal for teaching
fervour
an outbreak of religious fervour
eagerness
the voice of a woman speaking with breathless eagerness
ardour
my ardour for football
keenness
the keenness of the students
(noun) 
Synonyms
insatiability
longing
He felt a longing for the familiar.
desire
I had a strong desire to help and care for people.
hunger
He has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.
thirst
their ever-growing thirst for cash
hankering
Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
avarice
a month's rent - just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice
acquisitiveness
His villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness.
rapacity
their sexual desire and rapacity
cupidity (formal)
the well-known cupidity and greed of politicians
covetousness
voracity
greediness
graspingness
ravenousness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of acquisitiveness
His villa is filled with evidence of his acquisitiveness.
Synonyms
greed,
selfishness,
avarice,
rapacity,
covetousness,
avidity,
rapaciousness,
predatoriness,
avidness,
graspingness
in the sense of ardour
Definition
intense enthusiasm
my ardour for football
Synonyms
enthusiasm,
zeal,
eagerness,
earnestness,
keenness,
avidity
in the sense of avarice
Definition
extreme greed for wealth
a month's rent - just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice
Synonyms
greed,
meanness,
penny-pinching,
parsimony (formal),
acquisitiveness,
rapacity,
cupidity (formal),
stinginess,
covetousness,
miserliness,
greediness,
niggardliness,
graspingness,
close-fistedness,
penuriousness

Nearby words of
avidity

  • aviation
  • aviator
  • avid
  • avidity
  • avocation
  • avoid
  • avoidable

Synonyms of 'avidity'

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