Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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covetous | No | Yes | No | No |
covetousness | Yes | No | No | No |
covetous (noun) | covetousness (noun) |
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reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | |
extreme greed for material wealth | |
an envious eagerness to possess something |
covetous (adjective) | covetousness (adjective) |
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immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | |
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages |