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Covetousness - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Covetousness : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Covetousness : \Cov"et*ous*ness\, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.]
When workmen strive to do better than well, They do
confound their skill in covetousness. --Shak.
2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing
some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money;
-- in a bad sense.
Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess
itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat.
Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Covetousness : a strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Col.
3:5; Eph. 5:5; Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Matt. 6:20). It
assumes sometimes the more aggravated form of avarice, which is
the mark of cold-hearted worldliness.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Covetousness |
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KrystalWalker85: "Let your conversation be without Covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: |
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Jay6452: This blog post reminds me of the famous quote of William Shakespeare: "Desire of having is the sin of Covetousness." |
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NickPoole1: RIP Thomas Hoving - "If you don't work yourself up into a fever of greed and Covetousness in an art museum, you're just not doing the job." |
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