covetousness

1. (noun) an envious eagerness to possess something
Related Words: enviousness, envy, the green-eyed monster

2. (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity
Related Words: deadly sin, mortal sin

3. (noun) extreme greed for material wealth
Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity
Related Words: greed



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