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Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.

Desirous :: Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) Strong desire.

Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..

Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.

Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

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