avarice
English Thesaurus
1. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)
hypernym | : | deadly sin, mortal sin, |
definition | : | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace (noun.act) |
2. extreme greed for material wealth (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | greed, |
definition | : | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves (noun.attribute) |
3. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)
derivation | : | avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile, |
definition | : | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adj.all) |
4. extreme greed for material wealth (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile, |
definition | : | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adj.all) |
5. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)
derivation | : | avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile, |
definition | : | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adj.all) |
6. extreme greed for material wealth (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile, |
definition | : | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth (adj.all) |
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