| NOUN | feeling | covetousness | an envious eagerness to possess something |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | covetousness, avarice, avariciousness, cupidity | extreme / extreme greed for material wealth | |
| act | covetousness, avarice, greed, rapacity, avaritia | reprehensible acquisitiveness |
| Meaning | An envious eagerness to possess something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | envy, enviousness | A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another |
| Spanish | codicia | |
| Catalan | cobdícia | |
| Meaning | extreme / extreme greed for material wealth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | avarice, avariciousness, cupidity | |
| Broader | greed | excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves |
| Spanish | avaricia, codicia | |
| Catalan | avarícia | |
| Adjectives | covetous | showing extreme / extreme cupidity |
| Meaning | reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | avarice, greed, rapacity, avaritia | |
| Broader | mortal sin, deadly sin | An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace |
| Spanish | avaricia, avaritia, avidez, codicia, concupiscencia, rapacidad | |
| Catalan | avarícia, avaritia, cobdícia | |
| Adjectives | covetous | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth |
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