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avaricious:
- gierig; geizig; sparsam; nicht großherzig; habsüchtig; habgierig; knickerig; knickrig; knauserig
Wiktionary:
- avaricious → habsüchtig, habgierig, geizig
- avaricious → knauserig, geizig, habgierig, knickerig

English

Detailed Translations for avaricious from English to German

avaricious:

avaricious adj

avaricious (miserly; stingy; niggardly)
gierig; geizig; sparsam; nicht großherzig; habsüchtig; habgierig; knickerig; knickrig; knauserig
- gierig adj
- geizig adj
- sparsam adj
- nicht großherzig adj
- habsüchtig adj
- habgierig adj
- knickerig adj
- knickrig adj
- knauserig adj

Translation Matrix for avaricious:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	greedy
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
geizig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	bashfull; diffident; economic; economical; economically; narrow minded; petty
gierig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; gluttonous; grasping; greedy; keen; moneygrubbing; thirsty; voracious
habgierig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	grasping; greedy; moneygrubbing
habsüchtig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	grasping; greedy; moneygrubbing
knauserig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy
knickerig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy
knickrig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	bashfull; diffident; narrow minded; petty; pinchy
nicht großherzig	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	ungenerously
sparsam	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	austere; economic; economical; economically; few; frugal; poor; scanty; sober; sparing; thrifty

Related Words for "avaricious":

avariciousness, avariciously

Synonyms for "avaricious":

covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile; acquisitive

Related Definitions for "avaricious":

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money¹

Wiktionary Translations for avaricious:

avaricious

adjective

actuated by avarice
- avaricious → habsüchtig; habgierig

avaricious

adjective

sehr sparsam, seine materiellen Werte zurückhaltend
- geizig → stingy; greedy; avaricious

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• avaricious	→ knauserig; geizig	↔ gierig — geen geld of bezit aan een ander willende geven
• avaricious	→ geizig; habgierig; knauserig; knickerig	↔ avare — Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.
• avaricious	→ geizig; habgierig; knauserig; knickerig	↔ avaricieux — Qui est d’une avarice mesquine.

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