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 ]

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