a00029933
type | s |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
examples | they are avaricious and will do anything for money casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields a grasping old miser grasping commercialism greedy for money and power grew richer and greedier prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees |
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Similar to | acquisitive |
Derivationally related form | greedy → greed; greedy → greediness |
Derivationally related form | greedy → greed |
Derivationally related form | grasping → grasping |
Derivationally related form | covetous → covetousness |
Derivationally related form | avaricious → avarice; avaricious → avarice |
Derivationally related form | avaricious → avariciousness |
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Similar to | acquisitive |
Derived from adjective | greedily → greedy |
Derived from adjective | covetously → covetous |
Derived from adjective | avariciously → avaricious |
Derivationally related form | covetousness → covetous |
Derivationally related form | greed → greedy |
Derivationally related form | avarice → avaricious; avarice → avaricious |
Derivationally related form | grasping → grasping |
Derivationally related form | greediness → greedy; greed → greedy |
Derivationally related form | avariciousness → avaricious |
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