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
- 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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