About The Word Covetous
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Covetous
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What's The Definition Of Covetous?
[adj] immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
[adj] showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"; "he was green with envy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Covetous: acquisitive | avaricious | desirous | envious | grabby | grasping | greedy | green | jealous | prehensile Related Terms | Find terms related to Covetous: acquisitive | assembly | avid | band | bevy | bunch | cluster | covey | crew | desirous | eager | envious | esurient | gluttonous | grabby | grasping | greedy | grudging | hoggish | itchy | jealous | keen | lickerish | party | piggish | prehensile | rapacious | ravenous | selfish | swinish | voracious See Also | Covetous In Webster's Dictionary \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F.
convoiteux. See {Covet}, v. t.]
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
[Archaic]
Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak.
Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one
funeral. --Emerson.
2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
The covetous person lives as if the world were
madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
--South.
Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly.
See {Avaricious}.
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