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All venal synonyms

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adj venal

  • commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
  • false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
  • corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
  • grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
  • money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
  • corruptible — susceptible to corruption; capable of being corrupted
  • mythomaniac — lying or exaggerating to an abnormal degree.
  • lowdown — the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
  • casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
  • mercenary — working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
  • buyable — available to be bought
  • low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
  • amoral — If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.

adjective venal

  • exploitative — In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something.
  • niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
  • moneygrubbing — Alternative spelling of money-grubbing.
  • falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
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