covetousness (noun)
61envy — 1. noun feelings of envy Syn: jealousy, covetousness, resentment, bitterness 2. verb 1) I admired and envied her Syn: be envious of, be jealous of, be resentful of 2) we envied her lifestyle …
62greed — also greediness; noun 1) human greed Syn: avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness, materialism, mercenariness; informal money grubbing 2) her mouth watered with greed Syn: gluttony, hunger, voracity …
63seven deadly sins — plural noun the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth; in 2008 supplemented by a further seven sins of polluting, genetic engineering, obscene riches, taking drugs, abortion, paedophilia, and causing social injustice …
64covet — [13] Covetousness and cupidity are very closely related, etymologically as well as semantically. Covet comes via Old French coveitier from Vulgar Latin *cupiditāre, a verb derived from the Latin noun cupiditās (from which English gets cupidity).… …
65pleonexia — ˌplēəˈneksēə noun ( s) Etymology: Greek, from pleonektein to be greedy, to have or want more, from pleon, neuter of pleiōn, pleōn more + echein to have more at pleio , scheme : avarice, covetousness …
66seven deadly sins — plural noun Pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth • • • Main Entry: ↑seven …
67ra|pac|i|ty — «ruh PAS uh tee», noun. a rapacious spirit, action, or practice; greed; »the rapacity of the great claimants of lands who held seats in the council (George Bancroft) SYNONYM(S): voracity, covetousness …
