Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.
Source: tatoeba (265816)
Avarice
//ˈævəɹɪs//
Synonyms for "avarice" (77 found)
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Related words (38)
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3 entriesRelated terms
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4 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 38 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πλεονεξία noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Arabic
2 entries- شُحُّ noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- طَمَع noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Bulgarian
3 entries- користолю́бие noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- лакоми́я noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- ненаси́тност noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
Catalan
4 entries- avarícia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- avarícia noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- avidesa noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- cobdícia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 貪婪 /贪婪 noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- 貪心 /贪心 noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- 貪財 /贪财 noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- 貪財 /贪财 noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
Czech
3 entries- chamtivost noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- hrabivost noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- lakomství noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Dutch
3 entries- hebberigheid noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- hebzucht noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- inhaligheid noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Esperanto
1 entries- avaro noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Estonian
2 entries- ahnus noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- saamahimu noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Farefare
2 entries- be'ero noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- pʋyã'anɛ noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Faroese
1 entries- gírni noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Finnish
4 entries- ahneus noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- ahneus noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- himo noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- rahanhimo noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
French
1 entries- avarice noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Georgian
4 entries- გაუმაძღრობა noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- სიძუნწე noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- სიხარბე noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- ხელმოჭერილობა noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
German
1 entries- Gier noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Greek
1 entries- πλεονεξία noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Ido
1 entries- avareso noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Irish
3 entries- cíocras noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- gabhálacht noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- saint noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Italian
3 entries- avarizia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- avidità noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- cupidigia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Japanese
1 entries- 強欲 noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Korean
1 entries- 탐욕 noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Latin
2 entries- avāritia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- avāritiēs noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Malayalam
1 entries- അത്യാർത്തി noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Old English
1 entries- ġitsung noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Persian
3 entries- الچخت noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- زیادهخواهی noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- طمع noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jiez noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Polish
2 entries- chciwość noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- chciwość noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
Portuguese
3 entries- avareza noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- avareza noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- avarícia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Romanian
2 entries- avariție noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- aviditate noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
Russian
4 entries- а́лчность noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- жа́дность noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- ненасы́тность noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- прожо́рливость noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sannt noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Slovak
1 entries- lakomstvo noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Spanish
2 entries- avaricia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- codicia noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Swedish
1 entries- girighet noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Telugu
1 entries- అత్యాశ noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Tocharian B
1 entries- maune noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Turkish
3 entries- açgözlülük noun (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
- para hırsı noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
- servet tutkusu noun (inordinate desire for some supposed good)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.
Source: tatoeba (868192)
If you want to find peace, you must suppress arrogance, avarice and ambition of power.
Source: tatoeba (4347588)
And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens.
Source: tatoeba (8081876)
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