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Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..

Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.

Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.

Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..

Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) Strong desire.

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..

Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

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