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covetousness
[kuhv-i-tuhs-nis]
noun
eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
Social media so often encourages us to compare ourselves to others, inspiring covetousness and insecurity.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- noncovetousness noun
- overcovetousness noun
- uncovetousness noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of covetousness1
Example Sentences
Russia's covetousness toward Ukraine differs somewhat from its other colonization activities, but comes from the same underlying desire to subjugate.
āCertainly. Go, dear, I forgot that you have any home but this,ā and Mrs. March pressed the white hand that wore the wedding ring, as if asking pardon for her maternal covetousness.
One year I cheated by pooling my group with my younger sisterās, guilty of the sin of covetousness.
The covetousness is conspicuous in the new thriller āEnvy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story.ā
Jean-Jacques Rousseau denounced fashion as a threat to moral society ā an incitement to desire and covetousness, writing that finery is a āstranger to virtue.ā
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