cupidinous

cupidinous
cūpidˈinous adjective
Full of desire, esp amorous
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  • avid — adj 1. desirous, greedy, cupidinous, avaricious, grasping, acquisitive, Sl. grabby, rapacious; selfish, hoarding, possessive; ravenous, ravening, voracious, devouring, gluttonous, gormandizing, cormorant, edacious; open mouthed, hoggish, piggish …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • covetous — adj 1. desirous, greedy, avaricious, grasping, acquisitive, Sl. grabby, rapacious; selfish, hoarding, possessive; miserly, penurious, parsimonious, grudging, niggardly; stingy, mean, close fisted, tight fisted, close, Inf. tight, penny pinching;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • gluttonous — adj 1. voracious, ravenous, ravening, devouring, gormandizing, cormorant, edacious; open mouthed, hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish, gross. 2. greedy, insatiable, insatiate, unquenchable, omnivorous; desirous, cupidinous, avaricious, esurient;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • grasping — adj 1. greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, grabbing, Sl. grabby, rapacious; selfish, hoarding, possessive; miserly, penurious, parsimonious, grudging; chary, sparing, Rare. illiberal, niggardly; stingy, mean, shabby, closefisted, tight fisted, close …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • greedy — adj 1. avaricious, grasping, acquisitive, Sl. grabby, rapacious; selfish, hoarding, possessive; miserly, penurious, parsimonious, grudging, niggardly, Rare. illiberal; stingy, mean, closefisted, tightfisted, close, Inf. tight, penny pinching;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • lustful — adj 1. craving, desiring, desirous, wanting; greedy, avaricious, avid, covetous, cupidinous, acquisitive; wolfish, hoggish, piggish, gluttonous; rapacious, voracious, ravenous, ravening; insatiable, unsated, unappeasable, unsatisfied; power… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • quenchless — adj 1. insatiable, insatiate, unap peaseable, unquenchable, unsatisfied, unslaked, unsated; hungry, craving, famished; dry, athirst, thirsty, Dial. droughty, parched, arid. 2. greedy, desirous, cupidinous, avaricious, avid, esurient; predacious,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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