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[ av-er-is ] / ˈæv ər ɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR avarice ON THESAURUS.COM
nouninsatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. Origin of avariceFirst recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, equivalent to avār(us) “greedy” + -itia -ice SYNONYMS FOR avaricecupidity. SEE SYNONYMS FOR avarice ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby avariceavant-gardism, Avanti, avantist, Avapro, Avar, avarice, avaricious, avascular, avascular graft, avascularization, avast Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for avariceThere was a whole thought in the 1980s, that Wall Street greed thing and this sense of avarice was in the air. Al Pacino Does What He Wants to Do: 'The Humbling,' Scorsese, and That 'Scarface' Remake|Alex Suskind|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST TopsyBy Michael Daly A tragic tale of a circus elephant who fell victim to human competition and avarice. This Week’s Hot Reads: July 1, 2013|Nicholas Mancusi|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Avarice will likely bring a politician down, unless the pol can be portrayed as a champion of the little guy or a cause. The Taxonomy of Scandals: Is Obama Nearing a Breaking Point?|Lloyd Green|May 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was the age of unbridled excess, avarice, and machismo gone haywire. Punk Rock-Feminist Pioneer Kathleen Hanna on Her SXSW Doc and More|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I am writing it,” she tells us, “and I spill it all out on my lap like very money, like riches, beyond the dreams of avarice. Must Reads|Allen Barra, Lucy Scholes, Kevin Canfield, Jane Ciabattari|October 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST To wrest a living from the avarice of the earth is to form character with the salt and iron of power in it. The African Colony|John Buchan I humbly prayed to be allowed to step between you and your uncle's avarice; but you would not. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue|Warren T. Ashton Thus strife and anger beget war, avarice stifles benevolence, envy produces hate. The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates|Xenophon Of all the passions, however, avarice is notoriously that which the latest loosens its hold on the human heart. Miles Wallingford|James Fenimore Cooper I had always been lavish of my means, for whatever faults I may have preserved, avarice and parsimony were not of their number.
British Dictionary definitions for avarice
nounextreme greed for riches; cupidity Derived forms of avariceavaricious, adjectiveavariciously, adverbavariciousness, nounWord Origin for avariceC13: from Old French, from Latin avaritia, from avārus covetous, from avēre to crave Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to avaricefrugality, parsimony, rapacity, penuriousness, avidity, cupidity, covetousness, thrift, niggardliness, stinginess, miserliness, greediness, penny-pinching |