After all the horror stories about the victims of abuse by insurgent corporations, the blatant display of greed is despicable and cruel. These sample sentences are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “greed.” The opinions expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. This greed for praise in the times to come, these long inscriptions growled on the grave. John Dryden, Juv. Nglish: The translation of greed for Spanish-speaking Asian cholera has its origin in English greed and cruelty, as they suppose, which attribute it to the tax that Warren Hastings attributes when Where are the Pequots today Where are the Narragansett, the Mohicans, the Pokanoket and many other once powerful tribes of our people They have disappeared from the greed and oppression of the White Man, like snow in front of the summer sun. For our part, we will be destroyed without struggle, abandon our homes, our land bequeathed by the Great Spirit, the graves of our dead and all that is dear to us, I know that you will weep with me, NEVER NEVER. Zoretti was an Italian nobleman – “one of these characters, in whose belly dwells an insatiable thirst for greed” [“_thirst_ for _greed_” is good!], etc. A more formal synonym for greed, greed has a long, albeit simple, history in English. Chaucer, in its 14th century, the pastor`s tale, compared greed to favor, a now outdated word that means “to desire” (“to desire means to desire such things that you do not have; and greed is to retain and keep the things you have, without legitimate need”â743), and Shakespeare uses it in Macbeth (“With this grows / In my most unfortunate affection therefore / An unshakable greed that, if I were king, / I would have to cut the nobles for their lands, / Desire his jewels and the house of this other: / And my plus-avoir would be like sauce / To make me starve more” – IV.iii.76-82). Greed is a reprehensible capacity for gain, an excessive and insatiable desire to acquire or possess more wealth, wealth or material gain than one needs or deserves. In other words, greed is the highest level of greed or greed.
The love that destroys his peace of mind still destroys the evil greed of wealth. Dryden. Greed, greed, greed, greed, greed, greed, pride, envy, greed – these are the sparks that set fire to man`s souls. Greed, greed, greed, theft, vanity Avaritianoun, not greed, is my dominant passion; and as long as young men in America write to me that they would rather part with their hair than their copy of my book, I don`t feel the need for food and drink. He grows up in my worst affection, as an unwavering greed that I would be king, that I should cut the nobles for their country. William Shakespeare, Macbeth. “Greed.” dictionary Merriam-Webster.com, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avarice. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
They say at the end “we hate expencive” last year it was “greed is bad” or something like that. Considering that the Bible clearly states that total devotion to money, to greed, is the root of all evil, this means that the world serves and consecrates itself to an entity that is an abomination to the nature of God. The gate of heaven is narrow and tiny*, it cannot be perceived by foolish people, blinded by vain illusions of the world. Clairvoyants, who recognize the path and try to enter, find the gate barred and difficult to unlock. His massive screws are pride and passion, greed and lust. Greed is insatiable; And so he was always pushing for more. Roger L`Estrange. Greed exerts an enormous influence on the most beautiful affections and gentle comfort of humanity.
Excessive or excessive desire for profit; greed for wealth; desire; Greed. Think Progress » Dan Coats` lobbying firm recruits clients to take advantage of citizens united to influence elections in a “dynamic” way EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson – Coolest commercial. never? Middle English, from Anglo-French, Latin avaritia, from avarus avaricious, from avÄre to crave â more at avid. Greed has also appeared in various translations of the Bible, usually in verses describing the characteristics of those who do not follow God, and has always been listed as one of the seven deadly sins.