Synonyms for covetousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuhv-i-tuhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ɪ təs

Définition of covetousness

Origin : mid-13c., from Old French coveitos (12c., Modern French convoiteux) "desirous, covetous," from Vulgar Latin *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (see covet). Related: Covetously; covetousness.

noun avarice

Example sentences :

Dishonesty has its source in the covetousness and greed of the human heart.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

In fact, such a deed might savour of jealousy and covetousness.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

It was not covetousness altogether which had prompted him to do that; the reward was only an incident.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

The covetousness or the malignity which saddens me when I ascribe it to society, is my own.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Envy and covetousness begat injustice, and injustice disloyalty.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

And when ye took the crown of gold your sin was covetousness and theft.
Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler

The vice of covetousness, of all others, enters deepest into the soul.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

This sentence says that covetousness is one of the other vices.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

The emphasis in Proverbs seems to be on envy and covetousness, not on magical evil.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

At that, pride and covetousness struggled for first place in him.
Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates

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