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Covetousness

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Noun

1. covetousness

an envious eagerness to possess something

2. avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity

extreme greed for material wealth

3. avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed, rapacity

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Covetousness

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adjective
(usually postpositive; and foll by of)
jealously eager for the possession of something (esp the property of another person)

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Covetousness

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adjective
tending to covet; greedy; avaricious

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Covetousness

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adj.
Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another: "At least three European empires had extended covetous gazes toward the Pacific Northwest" (David A. Bell).

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