Covetousness

Noun1.covetousness - an envious eagerness to possess something
enviousness, envy, the green-eyed monster - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another
2.covetousness - extreme greed for material wealth
greed - excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
3.covetousness - reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; theologians list 7 mortal sins

 

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