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cupidity

  (kyū-pĭd'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
n.

Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.

[Middle English cupidite, from Old French, from Latin cupiditās, from cupidus, desiring, from cupere, to desire.]


 
 
Thesaurus: cupidity

noun

    Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves: acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, graspingness, greed. Informal grabbiness. See desire, give/take/reciprocity.

 
Antonyms: cupidity

n

Definition: greed, strong desire
Antonyms: dislike, distaste


 
Obscure Words: cupidity


1) inordinate desire for wealth: avarice, greed
2) strong desire: lust
 
Word Tutor: cupidity
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Greed.

pronunciation Cupidity might get someone what they want in the short run but a bad reputation in the long run.

 
Translations: Cupidity

Dansk (Danish)
n. - begærlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
begerigheid, inhaligheid

Français (French)
n. - cupidité (sout)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gier, Begierde

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλοχρηματία, πλεονεξία, απληστία

Italiano (Italian)
cupidigia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cobiça (f)

Русский (Russian)
алчность

Español (Spanish)
n. - codicia, avidez, avaricia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snikenhet, lystnad, lusta (åld.), vinningslystnad

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
贪心, 贪婪

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貪心, 貪婪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 강한 욕망

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貪欲, 強欲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طمع, جشع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חמדנות‬


 
 

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