Synonyms for avaricious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : av-uh-rish-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæv əˈrɪʃ əs

Définition of avaricious

Origin : late 15c., from Old French avaricios "greedy, covetous" (Modern French avaricieux), from avarice (see avarice). An Old English word for it was feoh-georn. Related: Avariciously; avariciousness.

adj greedy

Example sentences :

He is a countryman of mine; and I know he is as avaricious as an Odomantian.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Many of them were avaricious, timid, lazy and inattentive to their duties.
Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird

"Never mind the profits, you avaricious Jew," replied Lawless.
Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley

The shell-fishes that bite them are their avaricious hearts.
Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin

Greed, sometimes sat in the councils, and the avaricious bent the rules.
Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

Conjectures about the motives of Avaricious men, v.121 to 153.
Extract from : « Essay on Man » by Alexander Pope

The avaricious are out of the pale of peace already, and at all events.
Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau

Every man you come across is an avaricious, designing creature.
Extract from : « The Maidens' Lodge » by Emily Sarah Holt

What, and expose all our hoarded wealth to the eyes of the avaricious crew!
Extract from : « Captain Mugford » by W.H.G. Kingston

This did moderately well for a time;—in fact, I was not avaricious, but my dog was.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

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