Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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greed | Yes | No | No | No |
avariciousness | Yes | No | No | No |
greed (noun) | avariciousness (noun) |
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reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | extreme greed for material wealth |
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |