Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

money-hungry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: mon-ey-hun-gry
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Greedy and avaricious; greatly desiring money and seeking to obtain it using any means.

Derogatory; Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

more money-hungry (comparative) most money-hungry (superlative)

Synonyms

acquisitive avaricious cormorant covetous edacious esurient grasping greedy miserable piggish miserly rapacious

Questions

What does money-hungry mean?: Greedy and avaricious; greatly desiring money and seeking to obtain it using any means.

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