covetousness
eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth or possessions:Social media so often encourages us to compare ourselves to others, inspiring covetousness and insecurity.
Origin of covetousness
1Other words from covetousness
- non·cov·et·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·cov·et·ous·ness, noun
- un·cov·et·ous·ness, noun
Words Nearby covetousness
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How to use covetousness in a sentence
Stealing was reprehended in the Ten Commandments, and so was covetousness.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.These details having been arranged, it remained only for the Burbages to save their building from the covetousness of Alleyn.
Shakespearean Playhouses | Joseph Quincy AdamsThey talked of the covetousness and want of scruple of the Knights, of their passion for aggrandizement and their rapacity.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements | Nesta H. WebsterThey sowed in the hearts of youth the seed of covetousness, and they excited it with the bait of the most insatiable passions.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements | Nesta H. WebsterEnvy and covetousness had long since stifled every sentiment of honor and self-respect in his base heart.
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