avaricious

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌævəˈɹɪʃəs/

Adjective

avaricious

1. Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

   • In a word, he was called a hard, avaricious, rapacious man, whose chief business was to enrich himself...

Synonyms

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Related terms

• avarice

Translations

• French: avare
• German: habgierig, habsüchtig, gierig
• Italian: avaro
• Portuguese: avarento
• Russian: а́лчный
• Spanish: avaricioso, avaro, avariento, codicioso

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