covetous
21covetous — cov·et·ous || kÊŒvÉ™tÉ™s adj. greedy, lustful, grasping, envious …
22covetous — [ kʌvɪtəs] adjective having a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else. Derivatives covetously adverb covetousness noun …
23covetous — a. Eager, very desirous (usually in a bad sense, though sometimes in a good sense), greedy, enviously desirous, inordinately desirous, avaricious …
24covetous — adj 1. desirous, greedy, avaricious, grasping, acquisitive, Sl. grabby, rapacious; selfish, hoarding, possessive; miserly, penurious, parsimonious, grudging, niggardly; stingy, mean, close fisted, tight fisted, close, Inf. tight, penny pinching;… …
25covetous — cov·e·tous …
26covetous — UK [ˈkʌvətəs] / US adjective formal very much wanting to have something that someone else has, especially money …
27covetous — cov•et•ous [[t]ˈkʌv ɪ təs[/t]] adj. 1) inordinately desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy 2) eagerly desirous • Etymology: 1250–1300 cov′et•ous•ly, adv. cov′et•ous•ness, n. syn: See avaricious …
28covetous — /ˈkʌvətəs/ (say kuvuhtuhs) adjective 1. inordinately or wrongly desirous. 2. eagerly desirous, especially of another person s possessions. {Middle English, from Old French coveitos, from Latin cupiditas desire} –covetously, adverb –covetousness,… …
29covetous — adj. (usu. foll. by of) 1 greatly desirous (esp. of another person s property). 2 grasping, avaricious. Derivatives: covetously adv. covetousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF coveitous f. Gallo Roman …
30covetously — covetous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ longing to possess something. DERIVATIVES covetously adverb covetousness noun …
