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Meaning of 'covetous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Covetous [ v. t.]
- Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
- Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

Meaning of 'covetous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . covetous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Example in sentence:
  • a grasping old miser;
  • casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields;
  • grasping commercialism;
  • greedy for money and power;
  • grew richer and greedier;
  • prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees;
  • they are avaricious and will do anything for money
Meaning (2):
- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Example in sentence:
  • envious of their art collection;
  • he was never covetous before he met her;
  • jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions

Nearby Words:

covariant cove coved covelline covellite covenable covenably covenant covenanted covenantee

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