covetousness

• Существительное, обозначающее завистливое стремление обладать чем-либо, крайнюю жадность к материальным благам или предосудительную стяжательность; также персонифицируется как один из смертных грехов.

A noun referring to an envious eagerness to possess something, extreme greed for material wealth, or reprehensible acquisitiveness; it is also personified as one of the deadly sins.

uncountable

1. Envious desireC1formal

   An intense and envious longing to possess something that belongs to another person.

   Завистливое желание

   • His covetousness for his neighbor's new car was obvious.
   • She looked at the jewelry with undisguised covetousness.
   • Covetousness can destroy friendships and relationships.

   Synonymsavaricecupidityenvygreedjealousy

2. Extreme greedC1formal

   An excessive and insatiable desire for material wealth or possessions.

   Алчность

   • The billionaire's covetousness led him to exploit others.
   • Covetousness for money often leads to unethical decisions.
   • History is full of rulers whose covetousness caused wars.

   Synonymsacquisitivenessavariceaviditycupiditygreedrapacity

   Antonymsbountygenerosityliberality

3. C2formal

   In Christian theology, the reprehensible and insatiable desire for wealth, personified as one of the seven deadly sins.

   Смертный грех

   • In medieval morality plays, Covetousness is often depicted as a greedy old man.
   • The preacher warned against the sin of covetousness.
   • Covetousness is considered a root of many other evils.

   Synonymsavaricecupiditygreed