Noun
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| covetousness -
an envious eagerness to possess something
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| covetousness -
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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avarice,
greed,
rapacity,
avaritia |
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deadly sin,
mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins"
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| covetousness -
extreme greed for material wealth
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avarice,
avariciousness,
cupidity |
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greed excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
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