| NOUN | act | avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia | reprehensible acquisitiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity | extreme / extreme greed for material wealth |
| Sounds | ae'verahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins). | |
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| Synonyms | greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia | |
| Broader | mortal sin, deadly sin | An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace |
| Spanish | avaricia, avaritia, avidez, codicia, concupiscencia, rapacidad | |
| Catalan | avarícia, avaritia, cobdícia | |
| Adjectives | avaricious | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
| Meaning | extreme / extreme greed for material wealth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity | |
| Broader | greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
| Spanish | avaricia, codicia | |
| Catalan | avarícia | |
| Adjectives | avaricious | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
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