greed

greed
n
1. avarice, graspingness, acquisitiveness, Sl. grabbiness, rapaciousness; selfishness, miserliness, penuriousness, parsimony, niggardliness; stinginess, meanness, closefistedness, tight-fistedness; mercenariness, venality.
2. ravenousness, voraciousness, gluttony, gormand-ism, edacity, open-mouthedness, hoggishness, piggishness; insatiability, insatiateness, omnivorousness, gulosity.
3. avidity, cupidity, yearning, craving, covetousness; eagerness, keenness, itch, appetite, stomach, U.S. Dial. big eye, appetence; anxiousness, breathlessness, impa- tience, longing, ardor, fervency, passion; aspiration, hunger, ambitiousness.

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