English-Thai Dictionary

avaricious

ADJ โลภ  เห็นแก่ได้  ละโมบ  greedy lustful generous lob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AVARICIOUS

a.Covetous; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

 

AVARICIOUSLY

adv. Covetously; with inordinate desire of gaining wealth.

 

AVARICIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being avaricious; insatiable or inordinate passion for property.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AVARICIOUS

Av `a *ri "cious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. avaricieux. ]

 

Defn: Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

 

Syn. -- Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. -- Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious, Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. -- Av `a *ri "cious *ly, adv -- Av `a *ri "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

avaricious

av a ri cious |ˌavəˈriSHəs ˈˌævəˈrɪʃəs | ▶adjective having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain: a corrupt and avaricious government. DERIVATIVES av a ri cious ly adverb, av a ri cious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French avaricieux, based on Latin avarus ‘greedy ’ (see avarice ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

avaricious

avar |icious |avəˈrɪʃəs | ▶adjective having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain: an avaricious, manipulative woman. DERIVATIVES avariciously adverb, avariciousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French avaricieux, based on Latin avarus ‘greedy ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

avaricious

avaricious adjective grasping, acquisitive, covetous, greedy, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic, mean, miserly; informal money-grubbing, money-grabbing; N. Amer. informal grabby; rare pleonectic, Mammonish, Mammonistic. ANTONYMS generous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

avaricious

av a ri cious /æ̀vərɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく 文 非難して ｠〈人 性格などが 〉強欲, 貪欲 （どんよく ）な, 金銭欲 [物欲 ]の強い (greedy ).～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞