inordinate desire or greed
1inordinate desire — index greed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2inordinate desire to gain — index greed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3greed — noun acquisitiveness, appetency, avarice, avariciousness, avaritia, aviditas, avidity, covetousness, crapulence, cupiditas, cupidity, desire to hoard wealth, eagerness, edacity, excess, gluttonous appettite, gluttony, greediness, guiosity,… …
4Greed — For other uses, see Greed (disambiguation). 1909 painting The Worship of Mammon by Evelyn De Morgan …
5greed — Synonyms and related words: acedia, acquisitiveness, anger, autism, avarice, avariciousness, avaritia, avidity, avidness, careerism, covetousness, crapulence, crapulency, craving, cupidity, deadly sin, edacity, ego trip, egotism, envy, frenzy of… …
6desire — vb Desire, wish, want, crave, covet mean having a longing for something. Desire, wish, and want are often used with identical intent though in such situations (usually everyday ones) that the degree of intensity of longing or need is not at issue …
7greed — /grid / (say greed) noun inordinate or rapacious desire, especially for food or wealth. {Middle English, Old English græd (only in dative plural), related to Old Norse grāðr hunger, greed, Gothic grēdus hunger} –greedless, adjective …
8covetousness — n. Avarice, cupidity, inordinate desire or greed, greed of gain …
9Seven deadly sins — For other uses, see Seven Deadly Sins (disambiguation). Hieronymus Bosch s The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things The 7 Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have… …
10cupidity — cupidity, greed, rapacity, avarice are comparable when meaning intense desire for wealth or possessions. Cupidity stresses the intensity and compelling nature of the desire and often suggests covetousness as well {the sight of so much wealth… …
