Found 3 items, similar to Covetousness.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: covetousness keangkaraan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Covetousness Covetousness \Cov"et*ous*ness\, n. 1. Strong desire. [R.] [1913 Webster] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense. [1913 Webster] Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat. Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness. [1913 Webster]