Crossword-Solution: AVARICIOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Avaricious | a. | Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. |
We have 51 clues for the answer “AVARICIOUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | 1 answer |
| Adjective for Marner. | 1 answer |
| usurious | 3 answers |
| mingy | 5 answers |
| Monopolistic | 6 answers |
| devouring | 11 answers |
| seizing | 11 answers |
| piggish | 11 answers |
| Niggardly | 18 answers |
| Egocentric | 23 answers |
| materialistic | 27 answers |
| raptorial | 27 answers |
| Plundering. | 27 answers |
| hawklike | 28 answers |
| ravening | 28 answers |
| predacious | 29 answers |
| ravaging | 29 answers |
| grabbing | 29 answers |
| thieving | 30 answers |
| pillaging | 31 answers |
| extortionate | 32 answers |
| Taking | 34 answers |
| Itching | 34 answers |
| desirous | 35 answers |
| predatory | 35 answers |
| Rapacious | 36 answers |
| insatiable | 36 answers |
| Voracious | 40 answers |
| Acquisitive | 40 answers |
| acquiring | 41 answers |
| Parsimonious | 42 answers |
| penurious | 42 answers |
| grudging | 44 answers |
| Gluttonous | 44 answers |
| greedy | 45 answers |
| Mercenary | 47 answers |
| Covetous | 47 answers |
| grasping | 48 answers |
| Stingy | 51 answers |
| removing | 52 answers |
| starving | 58 answers |
| Famished | 58 answers |
| starved | 60 answers |
| frugal | 60 answers |
| selfish | 62 answers |
| miserly | 64 answers |
| Hungry | 68 answers |
| Craving | 69 answers |
| stealing | 72 answers |
| Yearning | 75 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AVARICIOUS (5)
Avaricious and Envious Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to grant their hearts’ desire.
But we, in accordance with the principle already affirmed by us, will not believe them when they tell us both;--if he was the son of a god, we maintain that he was not avaricious; or, if he was avaricious he was not the son of a god.
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.
But no! The idea of deriving any profit whatever from this affair inspired him with a feeling of disgust--honor triumphed over his naturally crafty and avaricious nature.
For love's sake, don't tell me such things; I would prefer a man who was prudent and discreet, rather than for him to be vulgar and avaricious." "My lady," said Tirant, "you are right, but he doesn't fit that description.
Quotes with AVARICIOUS (3)
In this avaricious world, even a beggar needs money in his bowl, to be heard.
An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75
Sadly, in our technological, impersonal, and avaricious consumer society, people merely hold on to jobs. They put in their time, leave at the five o'clock bell, pick up their pay checks, and leave the whole business behind them. Work, for so many, becomes a necessary evil. They go at it grudgingly, at best resignedly. It is hard to fault them; the stressful conditions and uncertainty under which so many workers labor force them into an adversarial relationship with their occupations and employers.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1965–1970).