English-Thai Dictionary

avarice

N ความโลภ  ความเห็นแก่ได้  ความละโมบ  cupidity khwam-lob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AVARICE

n.[L. avaritia, from avarus, from aveo, to covet. ] An inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth; covetousness; greediness or insatiable desire of gain.
Avarice sheds a blasting influence over the finest affections and sweetest comforts of mankind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AVARICE

Av "a *rice, n. Etym: [F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. av to covert, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect. ]

 

1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity. To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. Beattie.

 

2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good. All are taught an avarice of praise. Goldsmith.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

avarice

av a rice |ˈavəris ˈævərəs | ▶noun extreme greed for wealth or material gain. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin avaritia, from avarus ‘greedy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

avarice

avar |ice |ˈav (ə )rɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] extreme greed for wealth or material gain. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin avaritia, from avarus ‘greedy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

avarice

avarice noun the job had become less about integrity and more about avarice: greed, greediness, acquisitiveness, cupidity, covetousness, rapacity, materialism, mercenariness; rare pleonexia; informal money-grubbing, affluenza. ANTONYMS generosity. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See greedy . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

avarice

avarice noun he had a reputation for ruthlessness and avarice: greed, acquisitiveness, cupidity, covetousness, avariciousness, rapacity, rapaciousness, graspingness, materialism, mercenariness; meanness, miserliness; informal money-grubbing, money-grabbing, an itching palm; N. Amer. informal grabbiness; rare Mammonism, pleonexia. ANTONYMS generosity.

 

French Dictionary

avarice

avarice n. f. nom féminin Attachement excessif aux richesses. ANTONYME générosité .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

avarice

av a rice /ǽv (ə )rɪs /名詞 U ｟かたく 文 ｠(金銭 利益に対する )強欲, 貪欲 （どんよく ）(greed ).