Avaricious - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 01/09/2022

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Avaricious.

8 letter answer(s) to avaricious

GRASPING
  1. get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
  2. hold firmly
  3. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
  4. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
  5. understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"

6 letter answer(s) to avaricious

GREEDY
  1. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
  2. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
  3. wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume; "don't be greedy with the cookies"

7 letter answer(s) to avaricious

MISERLY
  1. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

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