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as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
his covetousness for his neighbors' things spoils any enjoyment he might have of his own possessions
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as in greed
an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions
an insatiable covetousness made her work long hours so that she could afford expensive things
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for covetousness
Noun
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These roles required an adult grasp of lust and jealousy and nihilism.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025 -
But as the pair’s romance blossoms, class disparities threaten to tear them apart, from her classmate Mantas’ (Matas Dirginciu) jealousy to her disciplinarian dad’s (Dainius Gavenonis) disapproval.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There’s no tragic backstory here, no traumatic childhood event that turned Murdaugh into a killer, no motivators past greed.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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This specific quiet theater of greed, luck, and deceit is likely over.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My darling, hatred takes the beauty away.—
Tracee Ellis Ross,
Glamour,
27 Oct. 2025
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Muschietti touched on this in his movies — the bullying of Mike Hanlon and the hate-crime murder of Adrian Mellon — including the way Pennywise fosters and foments the hatred already lurking in the hearts of Derry’s citizens.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Oct. 2025
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The same survey found more than half of those who support their parents have incurred debt while providing help, and almost half feel resentment toward their parents because of the financial burden.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The presidents of Colombia and Mexico have criticized the attacks, and others have warned of the resentment in the hemisphere were an intervention to follow.—
Alan McPherson,
The Conversation,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Regret and envy, the film posits, can easily inspire vengeance, and these creative kills are proof.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Still, the novel continues to seem like an homage to the Neapolitan novels, and not only because Lane and Gala repeatedly express envy of each other’s writing by using the word brilliant.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Covetousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covetousness. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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