Avarice

What do we mean by avarice?

Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity. noun

An inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth; covetousness; cupidity; greediness, or insatiable desire of gain. noun

Synonyms Avarice, Covetousness, Cupidity, penuriousness, closeness, miserliness, all denote bad qualities, corruptions of the natural instinct of possession. Avarice, literally greediness, a strong desire to get objects of value, has become limited, except in figurative uses, so as to express only a sordid and mastering desire to get wealth. Covetousness and cupidity are not limited to wealth, but may have for their object anything that can be desired, cupidity being directed especially toward material things. Covetousness longs to possess that which belongs to another; hence the prohibition in the tenth commandment (Ex. xx. 17). Cupidity is more active than the others, less groveling, and more ready to snatch from others that which covetousness may wish for without trying to get. See penurious. noun

An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness for wealth; covetousness; cupidity. noun

An inordinate desire for some supposed good. noun

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. noun

Inordinate desire for some supposed good. noun

Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) noun

Extreme greed for material wealth noun

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Greed/Avarice (Latin, cupiditia/avaritia) Greed is, like Lust and Gluttony, a sin of excess. However, Greed particularly applies to the acquisition of wealth. Avarice is the term that can describe all forms of sinful behaviour. These include -disloyalty, -deliberate betrayal, or -treason, especially for personal gain, as when someone lets themselves be bribed. -Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, -theft and robbery, especially by violence, -trickery, or -manipulation of authority are all actions that are inspired by greed. Such misdeeds include Simony, where the sinner feels the urge to make money by selling things within the confines of the church. Urban Dictionary

Excessive greed. Characters marked by avarice know no limit to levels of lavish accesories. Syn: Cupidity. Urban Dictionary

Greed/Avarice (Latin, cupiditia/avaritia) Greed is, like Lust and Gluttony, a sin of excess. However, Greed particularly applies to the acquisition of wealth. Avarice is the term that can describe all forms of sinful behaviour. These include -disloyalty, -deliberate betrayal, or -treason, especially for personal gain, as when someone lets themselves be bribed. -Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, -theft and robbery, especially by violence, -trickery, or -manipulation of authority are all actions that are inspired by greed. Such misdeeds include Simony, where the sinner feels the urge to make money by selling things within the confines of the church. Urban Dictionary

Avarice is reprehensible acquisitiveness, excessive and insatiable desire to acquire or possess more wealth, riches or material gain than one needs or deserves. In other words, avarice is the highest level of greed or greediness. -Emeasoba George Urban Dictionary

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Words that are spelled similarly to avarice:
avarice, varice, avaric, avarie.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word avarice:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe avarice:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective avarice:
dwindles.

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