covetousness (noun)

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• covetousness — covetous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ longing to possess something. DERIVATIVES covetously adverb covetousness noun …   English terms dictionary

• covetousness — noun see covetous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• covetousness — noun Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth. He which will yield to Fear. muſt neceſſarily yield to Covetouſneſs or any inordinate Deſire …   Wiktionary

• covetousness — noun 1. an envious eagerness to possess something (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑envy, ↑enviousness 2. reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑avarice, ↑greed, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• covetousness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. avarice, Cupidity, avariciousness; see greed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Resentful or painful desire for another s advantages: enviousness, envy, jealousy. See DESIRE. 2. Excessive desire for more than one needs or… …   English dictionary for students

• covetous — adjective Date: 13th century 1. marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another s possessions 2. having a craving for possession < covetous of power > • covetously adverb • covetousness noun Synonyms …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• covetous — [ kʌvɪtəs] adjective having a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else. Derivatives covetously adverb covetousness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• covetous — adjective having a very strong desire to have something that someone else has, especially wealth: They began to cast covetous eyes on their neighbours fields. covetously adverb covetousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• covetous — /ˈkʌvətəs/ (say kuvuhtuhs) adjective 1. inordinately or wrongly desirous. 2. eagerly desirous, especially of another person s possessions. {Middle English, from Old French coveitos, from Latin cupiditas desire} –covetously, adverb –covetousness,… …  

• covetous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ longing to possess something. DERIVATIVES covetously adverb covetousness noun …   English terms dictionary

• covetously — covetous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ longing to possess something. DERIVATIVES covetously adverb covetousness noun …   English terms dictionary