Synonyms for avarice

Grammar : Noun

Spell : av-er-is

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæv ər ɪs

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Définition of avarice

Origin : c.1300, from Old French avarice "greed, covetousness" (12c.), from Latin avaritia "greed," from avarus "greedy," adjectival form of avere "crave, long for."

noun extreme greed

Example sentences :

There is no limit to the moral baseness of the man of avarice.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

The offspring of pride, and lust, and avarice, it is indigenous to the world.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

He is incapable of envy or avarice, whether from virtue or from carelessness.
Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

The old jests about her avarice were repeated over and over again.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Of course you know that ambition and avarice are held to be, as indeed they are, a disgrace?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

As soon as Terence saw the sovereigns all his Irish avarice was roused.
Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang

Avarice was his master-passion; and, second to this, gross sensuality.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various

De Soto was well aware of the timidity and avarice of the captain.
Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott

I felt mortified, and the reproach of avarice hurt me deeply.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

His stinginess bordered on avarice, and he had never changed his trade.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

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