Coveting and Spite

Coveting

Coveting adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.

Spite and coveting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spite" instead a noun "Coveting".

Nearby Words: covetous, coveted

Spite

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Coveting and spite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coveting" instead a noun "Spite".

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting
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