covetousness

[ kuhv-i-tuhs-nis ]

/ ˈkʌv ɪ təs nɪs /

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noun

eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth or possessions:Social media so often encourages us to compare ourselves to others, inspiring covetousness and insecurity.

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Origin of covetousness

covetous + -ness

OTHER WORDS FROM covetousness

non·cov·et·ous·ness, nouno·ver·cov·et·ous·ness, nounun·cov·et·ous·ness, noun

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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 Adams
They 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. Webster
They 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. Webster

Envy and covetousness had long since stifled every sentiment of honor and self-respect in his base heart.
File No. 113|Emile Gaboriau

covetousness

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