Definition & Meaning of "covetousness"in English

Covetousness

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

an envious eagerness to possess something

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Uncountable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

covetousnesses

extreme greed for material wealth

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covetousness

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