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Definition of avaricious in English: avariciousadjective avəˈrɪʃəsˌævəˈrɪʃəs Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain. a corrupt and avaricious government Example sentencesExamples - Being an avaricious sort, I keep a long, ever-expanding list of coveted items which I trot out at the appropriate holidays, anniversaries and birthdays.
- They also have to ensure that our resources are properly and fairly distributed and do not simply disappear into the pockets of an avaricious elite.
- Leylandii trees, those avaricious and monstrous evergreens, have grown another yard, since I last wrote about them, and controlling legislation is still awaited.
- The Democrats' bill is better, covering all seniors, but it, too, fails to control the corporate price-gouging, soaking taxpayers to enrich the avaricious companies.
- It is time both parents and ambitious students thought of giving a snub to all those avaricious private medical and engineering colleges.
- So too with the 10th Commandment's ban on covetousness: No American law forbids wrongful thoughts, but only avaricious actions.
- Clearly an ambitious and avaricious individual, she began to specialise in offering services to women who did not want to keep their new-born babies.
- Last night, while surfing the web for fun clothing in my size (a fruitless exercise most days), I ran across this site and my avaricious little heart began to pound.
- I believe that those who went on the rampage were essentially deceitful, avaricious, and prone to anger, hate, and violence.
- The lake has unfortunately lost its pristine glory over the years due to the ceaseless encroachments of the avaricious residents.
- Though avaricious capitalists are easy and popular targets for derision, this tale is decidedly more quirky and original than cliché.
- By now the dignitaries - the movers & shakers & financiers - are leathery lizards with avaricious grins.
- Early poverty left her with an avaricious streak and occasionally greed has cost her.
- So, there comes his avaricious second wife, wicked, scheming and all that you would call ‘evil.’
- After all, those corporations are big campaign contributors to both parties, and members of both parties rallied to their avaricious cause.
- I am an avaricious devourer of tedious reports.
- The first act deals with the beastly behaviour of bees and act two features avaricious beetles, greedy ducks and dopey crickets with a pronounced Cork accent.
- The princess had just about everything her little avaricious heart desired and was pampered and cherished (rightly so!) by her parents and other, assorted family members.
- Why should I have to stand up and behave like other greedy, acquisitive, avaricious people, arguing and shouting and snarling about something which is a well known truth and is not to be questioned?
- His love of material things makes him rather avaricious and petty.
Synonyms grasping, acquisitive, covetous, greedy, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic, mean, miserly informal money-grubbing, money-grabbing North American informal grabby rare pleonectic, Mammonish, Mammonistic
Derivatives adverb As China sheds its cultural opposition to consumerism, decadence and so on, it is quickly and avariciously making the move from commodity manufacturing to rolling-out consumer brands. Example sentencesExamples - She enjoyed deciphering the strange pictures, and soon avariciously poured over the manuscripts.
- TV dramas and shows are partly to blame for this trend if people pursue money avariciously.
- When the conversation shifted away from him for a moment he glanced avariciously around the dining hall.
- I especially liked the way that PC looked avariciously at it last night and said ‘Ohhh, where did you get that?’
noun I would suggest however, that the richer members of York society are just as guilty and that it's their avariciousness that is also to blame. Example sentencesExamples - This bill skilfully balances the difficulties of the elderly with the avariciousness, often, of the capital interests in retirement villages.
- I did not know that this covers a grasping avariciousness by the family towards the children.
- Over and over, they depict the brutality and avariciousness of Europeans and white males in the United States and present glorified portraits of other nations and cultures.
- This has, he argues, ‘removed the taint of avariciousness that had always discoloured the market’.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French avaricieux, based on Latin avarus 'greedy'. Rhymes adventitious, Aloysius, ambitious, auspicious, capricious, conspicuous, delicious, expeditious, factitious, fictitious, flagitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, Mauritius, meretricious, nutritious, officious, pernicious, propitious, repetitious, seditious, siliceous, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious, suspicious, vicious Definition of avaricious in US English: avariciousadjectiveˌævəˈrɪʃəsˌavəˈriSHəs Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain. a corrupt and avaricious government Example sentencesExamples - Last night, while surfing the web for fun clothing in my size (a fruitless exercise most days), I ran across this site and my avaricious little heart began to pound.
- It is time both parents and ambitious students thought of giving a snub to all those avaricious private medical and engineering colleges.
- By now the dignitaries - the movers & shakers & financiers - are leathery lizards with avaricious grins.
- His love of material things makes him rather avaricious and petty.
- The first act deals with the beastly behaviour of bees and act two features avaricious beetles, greedy ducks and dopey crickets with a pronounced Cork accent.
- Being an avaricious sort, I keep a long, ever-expanding list of coveted items which I trot out at the appropriate holidays, anniversaries and birthdays.
- I am an avaricious devourer of tedious reports.
- They also have to ensure that our resources are properly and fairly distributed and do not simply disappear into the pockets of an avaricious elite.
- Leylandii trees, those avaricious and monstrous evergreens, have grown another yard, since I last wrote about them, and controlling legislation is still awaited.
- The lake has unfortunately lost its pristine glory over the years due to the ceaseless encroachments of the avaricious residents.
- I believe that those who went on the rampage were essentially deceitful, avaricious, and prone to anger, hate, and violence.
- The Democrats' bill is better, covering all seniors, but it, too, fails to control the corporate price-gouging, soaking taxpayers to enrich the avaricious companies.
- Though avaricious capitalists are easy and popular targets for derision, this tale is decidedly more quirky and original than cliché.
- Why should I have to stand up and behave like other greedy, acquisitive, avaricious people, arguing and shouting and snarling about something which is a well known truth and is not to be questioned?
- Early poverty left her with an avaricious streak and occasionally greed has cost her.
- The princess had just about everything her little avaricious heart desired and was pampered and cherished (rightly so!) by her parents and other, assorted family members.
- So too with the 10th Commandment's ban on covetousness: No American law forbids wrongful thoughts, but only avaricious actions.
- Clearly an ambitious and avaricious individual, she began to specialise in offering services to women who did not want to keep their new-born babies.
- So, there comes his avaricious second wife, wicked, scheming and all that you would call ‘evil.’
- After all, those corporations are big campaign contributors to both parties, and members of both parties rallied to their avaricious cause.
Synonyms grasping, acquisitive, covetous, greedy, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic, mean, miserly
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French avaricieux, based on Latin avarus ‘greedy’. |