About The Word Covetousness
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Covetousness
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What's The Definition Of Covetousness?
[n] reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] extreme greed for material wealth [n] an envious eagerness to possess something Synonyms | Synonyms for Covetousness: avarice | avarice | avariciousness | avaritia | cupidity | greed | rapacity Related Terms | Find terms related to Covetousness: See Also | deadly sin | enviousness | envy | greed | mortal sin | the green-eyed monster Covetousness In Webster's Dictionary \Cov"et*ous*ness\, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.]
When workmen strive to do better than well, They do
confound their skill in covetousness. --Shak.
2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing
some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money;
-- in a bad sense.
Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess
itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat.
Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
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