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Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.
Voltaire

Meaning of "avaricious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AVARICIOUS

avaricious  [ˌævəˈrɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AVARICIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Avaricious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AVARICIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of avaricious in the English dictionary

The definition of avaricious in the dictionary is extremely greedy to get and keep riches; miserly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AVARICIOUS


ambitious
æmˈbɪʃəs
auspicious
ɔːˈspɪʃəs
capricious
kəˈprɪʃəs
cineritious
ˌsɪnəˈrɪʃəs
delicious
dɪˈlɪʃəs
fictitious
fɪkˈtɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
innutritious
ˌɪnjuːˈtrɪʃəs
lateritious
ˌlætəˈrɪʃəs
lubricious
luːˈbrɪʃəs
malicious
məˈlɪʃəs
Mauritius
məˈrɪʃəs
meretricious
ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs
non-nutritious
ˌnɒnnjuːˈtrɪʃəs
nutritious
njuːˈtrɪʃəs
sericeous
sɪˈrɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
suspicious
səˈspɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
vicious
ˈvɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AVARICIOUS

aval
avalanche
avalement
Avalon
Avalon Peninsula
avant-garde
avant-gardism
avant-gardist
avanti
avantist
avanturine
Avar
avarice
avariciously
avariciousness
avascular
avascularity
avast
avatar
avaunt

WORDS THAT END LIKE AVARICIOUS

atrocious
audacious
bodacious
conscious
efficacious
ferocious
hellacious
judicious
luscious
officious
pernicious
precious
previous
pugnacious
safety-conscious
self-conscious
specious
subconscious
unconscious
vivacious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of avaricious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AVARICIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «avaricious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of avaricious

Translation of «avaricious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AVARICIOUS

Find out the translation of avaricious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of avaricious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «avaricious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贪婪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

avaricioso
570 millions of speakers

English

avaricious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लालची
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نهمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скупой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

avarento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লালস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avare
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

habgierig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強欲な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탐욕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Avaricious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham vọng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேராசை பிடித்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

para canlısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chciwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скупий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

avar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άπληστοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gierige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

girig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjerrige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of avaricious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AVARICIOUS»

The term «avaricious» is normally little used and occupies the 122.054 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AVARICIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about avaricious

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2 QUOTES WITH «AVARICIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word avaricious.
1
Voltaire
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.
2
Robert Walpole
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AVARICIOUS»

Discover the use of avaricious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to avaricious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Avarice and the Avaricious
This book is a translation of one of the wittiest pieces of medieval Arabic prose.
Jāḥiẓ, 1999
2
The Avaricious Personality
robert jestrow. con artist, a criminal at heart. However, he is not the crude uneducated street criminal who ends up in prison. He is rather the sophisticated psychopathic criminal. His crimes are subtle and well planned. He depends on the ...
robert jestrow, 2008
3
The works of Leonard Woods ...
Without words of such import, how could you express what you often wish to express, as to the habitual character of an intelligent being ? You say, such a man is avaricious. But it may be that he is not now putting forth avaricious acts of mind.
Leonard Woods, 1850
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An essay on native depravity
You say, such a man is avaricious. But it may be that he is not now putting forth avaricious acts of mind. For though a very avaricious man, he may at present be wholly occupied with thoughts and feelings of another kind. But who considers this ...
Leonard Woods, 1835
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Wolfville Days
It happens while these charities is proceedin', a avaricious gent—a stranger within our gates, he is—after regyardin' the game awhile, takes to deemin' it easy. The avaricious gent wants in; an' as Ellis, who's a heap elated at his luck an' is ...
Alfred Henry Lewis, 2012
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
AVARICIOUS, MISERLY, PARSIMONIOUS, NIGGARDLY. AVARICIOUS, from the Latin aveo to desire, signifies in general longing for, bat by distinction longing for money. MISERLY signifies like a miser or miserable man, for none are so ...
George Crabb, 1818
7
The Earthly Republic: Italian Humanists on Government and ...
In the same way it would be convenient to bring together many avaricious men in the cities to serve as a kind of private storehouse, which could be used to aid any of us while the funds would be managed privately. Money is necessary as the ...
Benjamin G. Kohl, Ronald G. Witt, Elizabeth B. Welles, 1978
8
A Reading of Dante's Inferno
CANTO. 7. The. Avaricious. and. Prodigal. (Fourth. Circle). The. Wrathful. and. Sullen. (Fifth. Circle). THE FOURTH CIRCLE is introduced by a violent, unintelligible cry from its demon-guard, Plutus, god of wealth in Greek mythology. We are in ...
Wallace Fowlie, 1981
9
English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
AVARICIOUS. AVARICIOUS. 105 do.vments, or the influence of person on the heart : it seems that in attractions there is something natural ; in allurements something artificial ; in charms something moral and intellectual Attractions and charms ...
George Crabb, 1846
10
Aesop's Fables
Avaricious. And. Envious. Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to grant their hearts' desire. Now the one was full of avarice, and the other eaten up with envy. So to punish them both, Jupiter granted that each might have ...
Edited by Joseph Jacobs

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AVARICIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term avaricious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why the Greek 'No' Vote is Bad For Australia
... years of depression and being made to pay for a debt pile that was also the responsibility of avaricious bankers, who got off scot free. «Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition, Jul 15»
2
Mike Williams: What about debt world owes Greece?
So rather than sneering at the Greeks for the debt they owe avaricious European banks, we should consider the debt we all owe them. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
What Doesn't The National Assembly Understand By Change
It is the main reason for rejecting an avaricious party for a President with Spartan lifestyle and generally regarded as a believer in due process. «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
4
Conrad Black: Stephen Harper must appoint a slew of high-calibre …
It is this sort of inertia, along with the nibbling of avaricious senators, that has made the Red Chamber an embarrassment. The answer isn't to ... «National Post, Jul 15»
5
Fetters of hate
... of the welfare state and the ever-expanding dog-eat-dog world of an avaricious capitalism is pushing an already marginalised population into ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
What's In A Label? The Charleston Massacre And The Evolving …
It mashes up the character of Ubu, the avaricious, brutal and stupid anti-hero of an infamous French avant-garde play, with sickening testimony ... «WBUR, Jul 15»
7
An Arsenal return of Nasri and van Persie: prodigal or pathetic?
... Fàbregas, comprised one of the most potent attacking trios in the Premiership until each of them bolted in acrimonious, avaricious ways. «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
8
Smeared again
In short, in an hour-long speech, he attacked “business” just twice, and at that only a few of the largest and most notoriously avaricious of ... «Boulder Weekly, Jul 15»
9
#dnaEdit: Dangerous drift
The insidious nexus of official corruption, middlemen and avaricious aspirants has created a parallel economy, chipping away at the principles ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jun 15»
10
Billionaires-Without-A-Clue Want To 'Fix' Washington
They really want to install an “impartial” government that's partial to them, letting them run roughshod over the rest of us in their avaricious ... «WHAV News, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Avaricious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/avaricious>. May 2024 ».
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