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covetousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | avarice, avariciousness, cupidity |
| Type of | greed |
| Derivation | covetous |
covetousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity |
| Type of | deadly sin, mortal sin |
| Derivation | covetous |
covetousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | enviousness, envy |
Examples of covetousness
covetousness
Such complaints are usually driven by resentment, covetousness and even malice.
From the washingtontimes.com
Their beauty gives rise to covetousness, and I defy you to settle on just one.
From the dallasnews.com
What's the distance between giving and taking, magnanimity and covetousness?
From the nytimes.com
Covetousness, for those who don't sin or don't keep count, is the second deadly sin.
From the time.com
In many respects, covetousness got us into our current economic condition.
From the pe.com
Covetousness is as ancient as man, but it's a bankrupt basis for policy.
From the forbes.com
Romney's attempt to grab on to Dolan's vestments was an example of the sin of covetousness.
From the latimes.com
Populist political movements are easily manipulated, often playing on class envy and covetousness.
From the ocregister.com
As I toured the glass cabinets, my covetousness rose like the mercury on a hot Athens morning.
From the guardian.co.uk
- An envious eagerness to possess something
- Avarice: extreme greed for material wealth
- Avarice: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- (covetous) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"
- (covetous) avaricious: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile ...
- The Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of the most objectionable vices that has been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen humanity's tendency to sin. ...
- Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth
- (covetous) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious
- (covetous) Desiring wealth or possessions.
