avarice
insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
Origin of avarice
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How to use avarice in a sentence
There was a whole thought in the 1980s, that Wall Street greed thing and this sense of avarice was in the air.
Al Pacino Does What He Wants to Do: 'The Humbling,' Scorsese, and That 'Scarface' Remake | Alex Suskind | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is this mindless atrocity, driven by both avarice and animosity, that is at play in the film.
Holocaust Horrors Haunt the Films ‘Ida’ And ‘The German Doctor’ | Jack Schwartz | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd his small-scale sculpture avarice and Lust (1887) embodies the two sins via a masculine form entangled with a female one.
TopsyBy Michael Daly A tragic tale of a circus elephant who fell victim to human competition and avarice.
avarice will likely bring a politician down, unless the pol can be portrayed as a champion of the little guy or a cause.
The Taxonomy of Scandals: Is Obama Nearing a Breaking Point? | Lloyd Green | May 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Greater mischiefs happen often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. BallouHis avarice was disgusting beyond words, and with avarice went a tendency to underhand dealing, harshness, and malice.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThus age and avarice can always over-leap barriers which, to the young and romantic, are insurmountable.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieWhen anger, avarice, and concupiscence convulse the peace of thy soul, look up to this star and call on Mary.
Mary, Help of Christians | VariousThen go, miserable wretch,” said the trooper, relinquishing his grasp; “either avarice or delusion has led a noble heart astray!
The Spy | J. Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for avarice
/ (ˈævərɪs) /
extreme greed for riches; cupidity
Origin of avarice
1Derived forms of avarice
- avaricious, adjective
- avariciously, adverb
- avariciousness, noun
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