Synonyms for avarice
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : av-er-is |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæv ər ɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for avarice
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
- 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
Antonyms for avarice
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