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ˈæv ər ɪsavarice

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  1. avaricenoun

    Synonyms:
    avariciousness

  2. avaricenoun

    Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

    Synonyms:
    avariciousness

  3. avaricenoun

    Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

    Synonyms:
    avariciousness

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  1. avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritianoun

    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

    Synonyms:
    cupidity, voracity, esurience, avariciousness, greed, avaritia, edacity, covetousness, voraciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness

  2. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupiditynoun

    extreme greed for material wealth

    Synonyms:
    rapacity, cupidity, greed, avariciousness, covetousness, avaritia

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  1. avaricenoun

    Synonyms:
    penuriousness, cupidity, niggardliness, closeness, covetousness

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  1. avaricenoun

    Synonyms:
    cupidity

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  1. List of paraphrases for "avarice":

    greed

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#99980covetousness
#101196griping
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#194788greediness
#205757cupidity
#256159stinginess
#305139voracity
#316924acquisitiveness

How to use avarice in a sentence?

  1. Matthew Green (c. 1737):

    Avarice is the sphincter of the heart.

  2. Alighieri Dante:

    Pride, envy, avarice -- these are the sparks have set on fire the souls of man.

  3. Mahabharata:

    Heaven?s gate is narrow and minute,* It cannot be perceived by foolish men, Blinded by vain illusions of the world. E?en the clear-sighted, who discern the way And seek to enter, find the portal barred And hard to be unlocked. Its massive bolts Are pride and passion, avarice and lust.

  4. John Adams:

    We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.

  5. Dante Alighieri:

    Avarice, envy, pride, three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all on fire.


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