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covetous
[kuhv-i-tuhs]
adjective
inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
Synonyms: ,eagerly desirous.
covetous
/ ˈʌɪə /
adjective
jealously eager for the possession of something (esp the property of another person)
Other Word Forms
- covetously adverb
- covetousness noun
- noncovetous adjective
- noncovetously adverb
- overcovetous adjective
- overcovetously adverb
- uncovetous adjective
- uncovetously adverb
- ˈDZٴdzܲԱ noun
- ˈDZٴdzܲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For a very long time, other nations have been sizing up California with a covetous eye.
Consider Second Timothy, 3: 2: “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.”
Hammons seems like the victor in his attempt to satirize not so much the transaction of art for dollars but the covetous, oblivious, entitled nature of certain transactors.
In yoga, I watched, covetous and profusely sweating, as people around me in class pointed their toes skyward and inverted.
But if I am not covetous, it is because I have all I need.
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