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Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English avaricious, from Old French avaricieux, from avarice, from Latin avaritia (“greed”), from avarus (“greedy”), of avere (“crave, long for”).
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ագահ
(agah)
— actuated by avarice
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Bulgarian:
алчен
(alčen)
— actuated by avarice
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Bulgarian:
користолюбив
(koristoljubiv)
— actuated by avarice
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Catalan:
avariciós
— actuated by avarice
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Chinese Mandarin:
愛財 /爱财
(àicái)
— actuated by avarice
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Chinese Mandarin:
貪婪 /贪婪
(tānlán)
— actuated by avarice
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Czech:
chamtivý
— actuated by avarice
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Czech:
hrabivý
— actuated by avarice
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Danish:
grådig
— actuated by avarice
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Danish:
grisk
— actuated by avarice
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Danish:
begærlig
— actuated by avarice
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Dutch:
inhalig
— actuated by avarice
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Dutch:
avaricieus
— actuated by avarice
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Esperanto:
avara
— actuated by avarice
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Finnish:
ahne
— actuated by avarice
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French:
avare
— actuated by avarice
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Georgian:
ძუნწი
(ʒunc̣i)
— actuated by avarice
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Georgian:
ხელმოჭერილი
(xelmoč̣erili)
— actuated by avarice
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Georgian:
ხარბი
(xarbi)
— actuated by avarice
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Georgian:
გაუმაძღარი
(gaumaʒɣari)
— actuated by avarice
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Georgian:
ვერცხლისმოყვარე
(vercxlismoq̇vare)
— actuated by avarice
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German:
habgierig
— actuated by avarice
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German:
habsüchtig
— actuated by avarice
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German:
gierig
— actuated by avarice
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Greek:
πλεονέκτης
(pleonéktis)
— actuated by avarice
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Greek:
άπληστος
(áplistos)
— actuated by avarice
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Ancient Greek:
πλεονέκτης
(pleonéktēs)
— actuated by avarice
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Ancient Greek:
φιλοκερδής
(philokerdḗs)
— actuated by avarice
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Hindi:
लालची
(lālcī)
— actuated by avarice
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Hindi:
लोभी
(lobhī)
— actuated by avarice
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Hungarian:
fösvény
— actuated by avarice
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Ido:
avara
— actuated by avarice
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Irish:
gabhálach
— actuated by avarice
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Irish:
maoinchíocrach
— actuated by avarice
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Italian:
avaro
— actuated by avarice
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Japanese:
強欲な
(gōyoku na)
— actuated by avarice
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Latin:
avārus
— actuated by avarice
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Māori:
kaiapo
— actuated by avarice
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Old Norse:
fégjarn
— actuated by avarice
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Plautdietsch:
bejierich
— actuated by avarice
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Polish:
skąpy
— actuated by avarice
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Polish:
chciwy
— actuated by avarice
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Portuguese:
avarento
— actuated by avarice
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Romanian:
avar
— actuated by avarice
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Russian:
а́лчный
(álčnyj)
— actuated by avarice
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Russian:
жа́дный
(žádnyj)
— actuated by avarice
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Russian:
скупо́й
(skupój)
— actuated by avarice
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Russian:
корыстолюби́вый
(korystoljubívyj)
— actuated by avarice
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Scottish Gaelic:
sanntach
— actuated by avarice
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Scottish Gaelic:
gionach
— actuated by avarice
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Spanish:
avaricioso
— actuated by avarice
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Spanish:
avaro
— actuated by avarice
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Spanish:
avariento
— actuated by avarice
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Spanish:
codicioso
— actuated by avarice
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Swedish:
girig
— actuated by avarice
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Turkish:
paragöz
— actuated by avarice
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Ottoman Turkish:
آج
(ac)
— actuated by avarice
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Ottoman Turkish:
حریص
(haris)
— actuated by avarice
