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avidnessnoun an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessionswith the avidness of a child in a candy store, scores of holiday shoppers raced to grab the early-bird specials acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed, greediness, mercenariness, rapaciousness, rapacity commercialism, materialism, possessivenessgluttonousness, gluttony, piggishnessappetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, pining, ravenousness, thirst, voracity, yearning, yenegoism, egotism, self-centeredness, self-interest, selfishness, self-regard contentment, fulfillment(or fulfilment), gratification, satisfactionbounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, charity, generosity, generousness, largesse(also largess), liberality, magnanimity, openhandedness, openheartedness, unselfishnessaltruism, selflessness urgent desire or interesthe approaches every new challenge in life with the avidness of a man half his age appetite, ardor, avidity, desirousness, eagerness, enthusiasm, excitement, hunger, impatience, keenness, lust, thirst alacrity, quicknessambition, gusto, zestappetence, appetency, fervency, passion, warmth, zealamenability, readiness, willingness apathy, indifference casualness, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcernaloofness, detachmentimpassivity, languidness, languorhalfheartedness, lukewarmness |