Covetousness

/ˈkʌvətəsnəs/

Synonyms for "covetousness" (22 found)

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More general

10 entries
behavioral tendencydeadly sinenviousnessenvygreedmoral failingmortal sinpsychological traitsinvice

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6 entries

Collocations

2 entries
habitual covetness?intense covetousness

Inflections

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Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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He which will yield to Fear. muſt neceſſarily yield to Covetouſneſs or any inordinate Deſire.

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Covetouſneſs is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ariſes from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chriſtian is dull'd and deadned.

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Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.

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In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness...

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