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greed
noun as in overwhelming desire for more
Strong matches
acquisitiveness, avidity, covetousness, craving, cupidity, eagerness, edacity, esurience, indulgence, intemperance, piggishness, rapacity, ravenousness, voracity
Weak matches
gormandizing, graspingness, insatiableness, swinishness, the gimmies
Example Sentences
“Those small things, if you add them up in the cumulative effect ... that would add up to like a whole attitudinal change for me. People are going to give you more or offer many, many things to you. And I think when you become accustomed to all of that, that’s where greed follows.”
Moreover, Harris didn’t directly attack corporate greed enough.
Cinderella, however, ruined the coronation by proving mentality is still more valuable than money, grit can still beat greed and the magic of pixie dust should never be underestimated.
At the same time as Harris wasn’t offering direct relief from high prices, she ceased attacking corporate greed and big business for ripping off Americans and keeping prices high.
When faced with the options of chaos, greed, and anger or relative common sense—the kind wielded by a competent, qualified Black woman—voters overwhelmingly chose the former.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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