| 单词 | covetousness |
| 释义 | covetousness (once / 3402 pages) n WORD FAMILY covetousness: covetousnesses+/covetous: covetously, covetousness USAGE EXAMPLESThe charitable way to view this is fear and covetousness over hard-won gains. The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) The high tenor part, mostly brayed, gave out at the top note toward the end of the solo in the “Covetousness” movement. Washington Post(Apr 28, 2016) And giving in to envy and covetousness is not the path to safety, security and happiness. Washington Post(May 18, 2015) 1n reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) Syn|Hyper avarice, avaritia, greed, rapacity deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace 2n extreme greed for material wealth Syn|Hyper avarice, avariciousness, cupidity greed excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves 3n an envious eagerness to possess something Hyper enviousness, envy a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another |
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