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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