English Dictionary
◊ COVETOUSNESS
covetousness
n 1: an envious eagerness to possess something
2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: {avarice}, {avariciousness},
{cupidity}]
3: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {avarice}, {greed},
{rapacity}, {avaritia}]