| Definition of 'Covetousness' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) covetousness
an envious eagerness to possess something
2. (noun) avarice, avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity
extreme greed for material wealth
3. (noun) avarice, greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia
reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
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| Definition of 'Covetousness' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Covetousness
strong desire
2. (noun) Covetousness
a strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense
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Sense: to desire or wish for eagerly (especially something belonging to someone else)
I coveted her fur coat.
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 Afrikaans: begeerlikheid |
 Arabic: طَمَـع، جَشَـع |
 Bulgarian: ненаситност |
 Brazilian: cobiça |
 Czech: chtivost; chamtivost |
 German: die Begehrlichkeit |
 Danish: begærlighed; griskhed |
 Greek: ζηλοφθονία |
 Spanish: codicia |
 Estonian: saamahimu |
 Farsi: آزمندی؛ طمع |
 Finnish: ahneus |
 French: convoitise |
 Hebrew: חַמדָנוּת |
 Hindi: लालच |
 Croatian: žudnja |
 Hungarian: mohóság |
 Indonesian: sifat iri |
 Icelandic: ágirnd |
 Italian: bramosia, avidità |
 Japanese: どん欲 |
 Korean: 탐함 |
 Lithuanian: godumas, pavydumas |
 Latvian: alkatība |
 Malay: keinginan |
 Dutch: begerigheid |
 Norwegian: begjær(lighet), attrå |
 Polish: pożądliwość |
 Persian: آزمندی؛ طمع |
 Pashto: هیله |
 Portuguese: cobiça |
 Romanian: invidie |
 Russian: алчность |
 Slovak: chamtivosť |
 Slovenian: pohlepnost |
 Serbian: žudnja |
 Swedish: lystenhet,åstundan |
 Thai: ความละโมบ |
 Turkish: imrenme gıpta etme |
 Taiwanese: 垂涎 |
 Ukrainian: жадібність; ненажерливіст |
 Urdu: لالچ، حرص |
 Vietnamese: sự thèm muốn; sự khát kha |
 Chinese: 贪婪 |
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