greed [excessive desire]

Roget-categorie 817a

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
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#817a. Greed [excessive desire]

zelfstandig naamwoord

covetousness, ravenousness etc. adj. — venality, avidity, cupidity — acquisitiveness (acquisition) 775 — desire etc. 865.
[greed for money or material things] greed, greediness, avarice, avidity, rapacity, extortion.
selfishness etc. 943 — auri sacra fames [Lat.].
grasping, craving, canine appetite, rapacity.

werkwoord

covet, crave (desire) 865 — grasp — exact, extort.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

greedy, avaricious, covetous, acquisitive, grasping — rapacious — lickerish^†.
greedy as a hog — overeager — voracious — ravenous, ravenous as a wolf — openmouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid^†, alieni appetens [Lat.] — insatiable, insatiate — unquenchable, quenchless — omnivorous.

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