covetousness

/ˈkʌvəɾəsnɪs/

/ˈkʌvətəsnɛs/

Other forms: covetousnesses

Definitions of covetousness

1. noun

   reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
   synonyms: avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity

   type of:

   deadly sin, mortal sin

   an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace
2. noun

   extreme greed for material wealth
   synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, cupidity

   type of:

   greed

   excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
3. noun

   an envious eagerness to possess something
   type of:

   enviousness, envy

   a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another