covetous
a . 妄羡的,乱要的,贪婪的
妄羡的,乱要的,贪婪的
covetous adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
covetous },
{
envious }, {
jealous }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
avaricious }, {
covetous },
{
grabby }, {
grasping }, {
greedy }, {
prehensile }]
Covetous \
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a . [
OF .
coveitos ,
F .
convoiteux .
See {
Covet },
v .
t .]
1 .
Very desirous ;
eager to obtain ; --
used in a good sense .
[
Archaic ]
[
1913 Webster ]
Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Covetous death bereaved us all ,
To aggrandize one funeral . --
Emerson .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Inordinately desirous ;
excessively eager to obtain and possess (
esp .
money );
avaricious ; --
in a bad sense .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 }.
[
1913 Webster ]
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "
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
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