covetousness

Noun

Meaning

Strong desire.

A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

avarice cupidity greed eagerness rapacity avariciousness avaritia gluttony desire passion hunger resentment discontent jealousy urge

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

detestation charity contempt detachment disapproval generosity

Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

greed envy mortal sin enviousness deadly sin

Examples

With the increase of wealth the mania of covetousness increases. John Cassian

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. Christopher Marlowe

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies. Michel de Montaigne

Covetousness is always filling a bottomless vessel. Dutch Proverb

Covetousness is never satisfied till its mouth is filled with earth. Dutch Proverb

Covetousness is the father of unfulfilled desires. Yoruba Proverb

Close letter words and terms

covetous of covetous person covetously covey COVFEFE Act Covian