meaning of covetous
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
3. immoderately desirous of acquiring e. g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbors fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their
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Related Words
covetous | covetously | covetousness |
