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Greed

Greed Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Greed? [n] reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) [n] excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp material wealth) than one needs or deserves Synonyms \| Synonyms for Greed: avarice \| avaritia \| covetousness \| rapacity Related Terms \| Find terms related to Greed: acedia \| acquisitiveness \| anger \| autism \| avarice \| avariciousness \| avaritia \| avidity \| avidness \| careerism \| covetousness \| crapulence \| crapulency \| craving \| cupidity \| deadly sin \| edacity \| ego trip \| egotism \| envy \| frenzy of desire \| fury of desire \| gluttonousness \| gluttony \| grasping \| graspingness \| greediness \| gula \| gulosity \| hoggishness \| hyperphagia \| incontinence \| individualism \| inordinate desire \| insatiability \| insatiable desire \| intemperance \| intemperateness \| interest \| invidia \| ira \| itching palm \| lust \| luxuria \| meanness \| miserliness \| narcissism \| niggardliness \| omnivorousness \| overeating \| overgreediness \| overindulgence \| parsimony \| penny-pinching \| penuriousness \| personal aims \| personal ambition \| personal desires \| personalism \| piggishness \| polyphagia \| possessiveness \| pride \| privatism \| rapaciousness \| rapacity \| ravenousness \| remoteness \| self-absorption \| self-admiration \| self-advancement \| self-centeredness \| self-consideration \| self-containment \| self-devotion \| self-esteem \| self-indulgence \| self-interest \| self-interestedness \| selfishness \| selfism \| self-jealousy \| self-occupation \| self-pleasing \| self-seeking \| self-serving \| self-solicitude \| self-sufficiency \| sloth \| sordidness \| stinginess \| superbia \| swinish gluttony \| swinishness \| voraciousness \| voracity \| wolfishness \| wrath \| yearning See Also \| acquisitiveness \| avarice \| avariciousness \| covetousness \| cupidity \| deadly sin \| desire \| mortal sin \| possessiveness Greed In Webster's Dictionary \Greed\, n. [Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel. gr[=a][eth]r. [root]34. See {Greedy.}] An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

Greed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Greed?

[n] reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp material wealth) than one needs or deserves

Synonyms | Synonyms for Greed: avarice | avaritia | covetousness | rapacity

Greed In Webster's Dictionary

\Greed\, n. [Akin to Goth. gr?dus hunger, Icel.
gr[=a][eth]r. [root]34. See {Greedy.}]
An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.

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