avaricious
a . 贪婪的,贪得无厌的
贪婪的,贪得无厌的
avaricious adj 1 :
immoderately desirous of acquiring e .
g .
wealth ; "
they are avaricious and will do anything for money "; "
casting covetous eyes on his neighbor '
s fields "; "
a grasping old miser "; "
grasping commercialism "; "
greedy for money and power "; "
grew richer and greedier "; "
prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees " [
synonym :
{
avaricious }, {
covetous }, {
grabby }, {
grasping }, {
greedy },
{
prehensile }]
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Actuated by avarice ;
greedy of gain ;
immoderately desirous of accumulating property .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Greedy ;
stingy ;
rapacious ;
griping ;
sordid ;
close .
Usage : {
Avaricious }, {
Covetous }, {
Parsimonious }, {
Penurious },
{
Miserly }, {
Niggardly }.
The avaricious eagerly desire wealth with a view to hoard it .
The covetous grasp after it at the expense of others ,
though not of necessity with a design to save ,
since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift .
The penurious ,
parsimonious ,
and miserly save money by disgraceful self -
denial ,
and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others .
We speak of persons as covetous in getting ,
avaricious in retaining ,
parsimonious in expending ,
penurious or miserly in modes of living ,
niggardly in dispensing .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Av `
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adv . --
{
Av `
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n .
[
1913 Webster ]
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "
avaricious ":
a hog for ,
acquisitive ,
all -
devouring ,
avid ,
bottomless ,
cheap ,
close ,
closefisted ,
coveting ,
covetous ,
devouring ,
esurient ,
gluttonous ,
gobbling ,
grabby ,
grasping ,
greedy ,
hardfisted ,
hoggish ,
illiberal ,
insatiable ,
insatiate ,
limitless ,
mean ,
mercenary ,
miserly ,
money -
hungry ,
money -
mad ,
near ,
niggardly ,
omnivorous ,
overgreedy ,
parsimonious ,
penny -
pinching ,
penurious ,
piggish ,
pinchfisted ,
pinching ,
quenchless ,
rapacious ,
ravening ,
ravenous ,
save -
all ,
selfish ,
slakeless ,
sordid ,
stingy ,
swinish ,
tight ,
tight -
fisted ,
tightfisted ,
unappeasable ,
unappeased ,
ungenerous ,
unquenchable ,
unsated ,
unsatisfied ,
unslakeable ,
unslaked ,
venal ,
voracious
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