avarice: noun definition: insatiable greed for riches

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avarice: noun definition: insatiable greed for riches intense, selfish desire for wealth or possessions

pronunciation: av-er-is avarice pronunciation: av-er-is

avarice related forms: adjective: avaricious adverb: avariciously noun avariciousness

avarice synonyms: cupidity miserliness greed covetousness rapacious materialism

avarice Daffy Duck is renown for his avarice.

avarice Avarice dictated Ebenezer Scrooge’s life until he got to know Tiny Tim.

avariciously The teenager avariciously robbed the woman in order to buy an expensive pair of Jordans.

avariciously The caterpillars avariciously destroyed the garden.

avaricious In The Lion King, Scar’s avaricious desire to be king endangers Simba.

avaricious Avaricious to an extreme, Mr. Krabs will do almost anything for money.

avariciousness In Dante’s Inferno, individuals recognized for their avariciousness while on earth inhabit the 4th Circle of Hell.