| NOUN | attribute | greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
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| act | greed, avarice, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia | reprehensible acquisitiveness |
| Sounds | griy'd | |
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| Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... | |
| Meaning | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves. | |
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| Narrower | acquisitiveness | Strong desire to acquire and possess |
| avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity | extreme / extreme greed for material wealth | |
| possessiveness | excessive desire to possess or dominate | |
| Broader | desire | An inclination to want things |
| Spanish | avidez, codicia | |
| Adjectives | greedy | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
| Meaning | reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins). | |
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| Synonyms | avarice, 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 | greedy | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
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