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avarice
av·a·rice A0543200 (ăv′ə-rĭs)n. Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus, greedy, from avēre, to desire.]avarice (ˈævərɪs) nextreme greed for riches; cupidity[C13: from Old French, from Latin avaritia, from avārus covetous, from avēre to crave] ˌavaˈricious adj ˌavaˈriciously adv ˌavaˈriciousness nav•a•rice (ˈæv ər ɪs)
n. insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin avāritia=avār(us) greedy + -itia -ice] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  avarice - reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)avaritia, greed, rapacity, covetousnessdeadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins" | | 2. |  avarice - extreme greed for material wealth avariciousness, cupidity, covetousnessgreed - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
avaricenoun greed, meanness, penny-pinching, parsimony, acquisitiveness, rapacity, cupidity, stinginess, covetousness, miserliness, greediness, niggardliness, graspingness, close-fistedness, penuriousness a month's rent - just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice
generosity, extravagance, benevolence, unselfishness, liberality, bountifulness, largesse or largessQuotations
"The love of money is the root of all evil" Bible: I Timothy
"avarice, the spur of industry" [David Hume Essays: Moral and Political]avaricenounExcessive desire for more than one needs or deserves:acquisitiveness, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed.Informal: grabbiness.Translationsavarice (ˈӕvəris) noun strong desire for money etc; greed. 貪財，貪婪 贪婪ˌavaˈricious (-ʃəs) adjective 貪財的，貪婪的 贪婪的avarice
rich beyond the/any dream of avariceHaving more money than one could imagine, hope for, or spend the entirety of. If this scheme works, we'll be rich beyond the dream of avarice. We could spend the rest of our lives lounging on a beach in the Bahamas! After winning the lottery, I was suddenly rich beyond any ream of avarice, but it didn't really make me any happier.See also: any, avarice, beyond, dream, of, richwealth beyond the/any dream of avariceWealth that is greater than one could ever imagine, hope for, or spend the entirety of. If this scheme works, we'll have wealth beyond the dream of avarice. We could spend the rest of our lives lounging on a beach in the Bahamas! The discovery of oil and natural gas reserves has brought wealth beyond any dream of avarice to the region.See also: any, avarice, beyond, dream, of, wealthriches beyond the/any dream of avariceWealth that is greater than one could ever imagine, hope for, or spend the entirety of. If this scheme works, we'll have riches beyond the dream of avarice. We could spend the rest of our lives lounging on a beach in the Bahamas! The discovery of oil and natural gas reserves has brought riches beyond any dream of avarice to the region.See also: any, avarice, beyond, dream, of, richesrich beyond the dream of avariceWealthy beyond imagination. “Avarice” means “greedy,” so to be rich beyond the dream of avarice is to have more money than even a Scrooge McDuck or Charles Montgomery Burns nocturnal fantasy. The phrase can be traced back to two 18th-century writers, the redoubtable Samuel Johnson and the lesser-known Edward Moore.See also: avarice, beyond, dream, of, richavarice
Synonyms for avaricenoun greedSynonyms- greed
- meanness
- penny-pinching
- parsimony
- acquisitiveness
- rapacity
- cupidity
- stinginess
- covetousness
- miserliness
- greediness
- niggardliness
- graspingness
- close-fistedness
- penuriousness
Antonyms- generosity
- extravagance
- benevolence
- unselfishness
- liberality
- bountifulness
- largesse or largess
Synonyms for avaricenoun excessive desire for more than one needs or deservesSynonyms- acquisitiveness
- avariciousness
- avidity
- covetousness
- cupidity
- graspingness
- greed
- grabbiness
Synonyms for avaricenoun reprehensible acquisitivenessSynonyms- avaritia
- greed
- rapacity
- covetousness
Related Wordsnoun extreme greed for material wealthSynonyms- avariciousness
- cupidity
- covetousness
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