Definition of avaricious

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Avaricious (a.) Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

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Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
Curmudgeon :: Curmudgeon (n.) An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl..
Avarous :: Avarous (a.) Avaricious.
Greedy :: Greedy (superl.) Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain..
Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together..
Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Miserable :: Miserable (a.) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
Avaricious :: Avaricious (a.) Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
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