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VORACIOUSNESS

• VORACIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun VORACIOUSNESS has 3 senses:

1. excessive desire to eat
2. extreme gluttony
3. an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

Familiarity information: VORACIOUSNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

• VORACIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Excessive desire to eat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

edacity; esurience; ravenousness; voraciousness; voracity

Hypernyms ("voraciousness" is a kind of...):

hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Extreme gluttony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

rapaciousness; rapacity; voracity; voraciousness; esurience; edacity

Hypernyms ("voraciousness" is a kind of...):

gluttony (habitual eating to excess)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

greediness; rapaciousness; voraciousness

Context example:

the greediness of lawyers

Hypernyms ("voraciousness" is a kind of...):

selfishness (stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others)

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(English proverb)
"Whatever you sow, you reap."
(Afghanistan proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Through falls and stumbles, one learns to walk."
(Corsican proverb)

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